What games work well on MacBook Pro (i7/GeForce GT 330M) within VMWare Fusion?

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Published on 2010-05-19T15:12:32Z Indexed on 2010/05/19 15:21 UTC
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I have a 15" MacBook Pro (2.66 i7 with 8 GB RAM) with the GeForce GT 330M 512 MB graphics card. I use it primarily for development (Mac/Web/Windows) though I would like to play the occasional game with my son who uses a desktop PC system at home. I prefer to use VMWare Fusion for virtualization rather than BootCamp for a number of reasons.

  1. Heat/Fan issues with i7 under BootCamp
  2. Prefer to retain virtual machine as single file rather than dedicated partition (easier to move a nd backup)
  3. I have heard that Windows support of the GeForce GT 330 in BootCamp is not all that good.

So that being said I was wondering what sort of games I would be able to play within the Fusion environment running Windows 7. I have 8 GB RAM and usually dedicate 4 GB to the virtual machine. I don't expect to be able to play the latest FPS games such as BattleField: Bad Company 2 or Call of Duty, rather I am looking at games such a Total War II, Civilizations IV, Supreme Commander, and other RTS type games. I should mention the native screen resolution of my MacBook Pro is 1680x1050, which is what I would be most likely running the VM at (fullscreen). Thank you for any advice.

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