Question about VM performance
so this is going to be quite laughable. i have a laptop that is quite an odd one, as i use it for video games and especially intensive ones often requiring 16 CPU’s and 16-24gb ram minimum. the issue here is, that i have less than 6 gigabytes of ram, 8 CPU’s (or whatever the correct term is) and 475gb of storage, 81gb free. my OS is windows 11 (the best of the best) so as a given i never have more than 1 gb of ram available to use, but certain programs like these large games can force themselves and my computer to use 2gb on its own. with virtualbox 7.2.6, I primarily use Windows 8.1 Pro as a guest OS, and I want to allocate more space to it so I can run small online indie games just to feel peace of mind with virus issues I’ve had in the past (many years ago and I’m smarter now, the virus i dealt with was actually due to extreme stupidity, not really any risk i just ignore). I’ve allocated 15gb disk space (which I’ve heard i should increase drastically), 3.6gb of ram to it, which “works”, I’ve experimented with CPU’s from 4 to all 8 running at 100% processing cap, and video memory at 256mb with 3d acceleration. I’ve never been able to use my vm for more than instagram which is cool but I can’t even use YouTube or navigate in browsers efficiently at all. what seems to be the problem? if there’s any information i should give out, just let me know and I’ll probably find it. if you didn’t know or if it matters, guest OS is 64-bit, too.