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Virtualbox 3.0 is very slow, any way to fix it?

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Mar 15, 20265826 views
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I upgraded to Virtualbox 3.0 and then 3.0.2. I use Vista as a host and Ubuntu as the guest. In Virtualbox 2.0 I was able to run Ubuntu with standard desktop effects. After upgrading I noticed that it can no longer run the standard effects. The effects are slow, menus and windows stay around after y…

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FWIW, I tried desktop effect with 3D enabled and 64MB of Video memory, and found it tearing and leaving artifacts on 3.0.2. Once I disable all the effect stuff video performance is pretty slick even in seamless mode. I have no experience with 3.0 so…

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