MacBook – How to optimize use of Civilization III in VirtualBox

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I am using VirtualBox to play Civilization III (from Steam) in Windows 7 on my 13" Retina Macbook Pro. The only problem is it's horrendously slow. It seems like this only impacts screens with animation (which is basically everything). Because other programs work fine, I believe a change of VirtualBox settings might provide a fix. What configurations/fixes should I try?

This is unfamiliar territory for me – thanks for any tips you can offer.

Best Answer

You're probably better off running in BootCamp.

This will give you near native performance and allow you to run the game without a lot of the overhead a virtual machine will give be giving you.