All systems were running Mac OS X 10.4.9. Doom 3 was set to use high video setting, 1,024 by 768 resolution, V-sync No, Antialiasing Off, and all other settings set to Yes. Figures are frames per second as reported by Prey. All other settings in the Advanced 1 and Advanced 2 video configuration tabs were set to Yes. Prey tests ran in a window, with medium texture quality, highest shader detail, no anti-aliasing or vertical sync, and image anisotropy at 8x. Best result for each system inĪll tests were run at 1,024 by 768 resolution. Parallels Desktop 3.0 Game Tests Prey Time Demo (For more on gaming with Parallels, see Peter Cohen’s But for those games that do work, the results can be good-especially for older games with less stringent graphics requirements. However, other games I tested, such as Microsoft’s Flight Simulator and Motocross Madness 2, didn’t run after installation. Neither is on Parallels’ list of tested games, but both worked quite well. I also installed and played a demo of theĭriving game. For instance, I installed and tested Infogrames’īoarderZone, an older PC snowboarding game. Of games known to be compatible, though others may work as well. This feature is disabled by default, as it’s still somewhat experimental, but it can be easily enabled in the virtual machine’s preferences. Parallels 3 now offers support for accelerated graphics (both OpenGL and DirectX), allowing some 3-D games to run within Parallels. The recent release of Parallels Desktop 3.0 is evidence of that: this first-ever paid upgrade has over 50 new or improved features. But things are moving quickly in the virtualization arena, and much has changed in the last year. I found it to be a fast and versatile way to run Windows, Linux, and many other systems within OS X. It was just about a year ago that I first