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Parallels Desktop fully utilises the RX 5700 XT eGPU 3DMark 11 Benchmark On 3DMark, most of the benchmarks ran at about 30 fps as well.

Parallels Desktop just works flawlessly for the every day Windows applications.

So there is little doubt from me that the latest version of Parallels Desktop will work just as well.

But the big question for me has always been if I could play Windows games on my Mac with Parallels Desktop.

Disclosure: I was provided a complimentary copy of Parallels Desktop 16.

Playing Windows games on the Mac With Parallels If youve read some of my other blog posts here, you will know that Im a big fan of macOS.

Thankfully, most of the games I want to play have releases for the macOS, mostly turn-based strategies like XCOM and RPGs like Divinity: Original Sin.

But there are a few Windows games that I would really want to get my hands on.

One of it is the Fallout Series, specifically Fallout: New Vegas and Fallout 4.

So when I found out that Parallels Desktop 15 and 16 had support for DirectX 11, I got quite excited.

Installing Parallels Desktop and the Windows 10 VM Installation of both Parallels Desktop and the Windows 10 VM is a breeze.

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Once Parallels Desktop is installed, you would see the Installation Assistant where you can start to install the Windows 10 VM or any other OS that you prefer.

Parallels Desktop 16 Installer Parallels Desktop Installation Assistant I downloaded the official Windows 10 ISO images from Microsoft here for the my Windows 10 VM installation.

You can also then customise the pre-set configurations as well.

It would also ask you for the license key as Parallels can also help you activate your Windows install.

Choosing the Games Only pre-set Automatic activation of valid license keys Name your Windows VM Customised the VM configurations Shared folder configurations Memory configurations Display configurations Resource Limit configurations Security configurations Backup configurations Auto installation of Windows on Parallels Mac Windows installation is complete As you can see, the installation of the Windows VM is a trivial and painless process.

Show me some 3D benchmarks Lets now get to the exciting part.

Do note that DirectX 11 is actually rather dated in the Windows world.

So, I used Unigine Valley and 3DMark 11 to showcase how well Parallels handles 3D rendering with an eGPU setup.

Unigine Valley Benchmark I ran the benchmark both at 1440p as well as the Extreme HD preset.

This is about 13 of the performance when the Valley benchmark runs natively on macOS.

Parallels Desktop Unigine Valley Benchmark Extreme HD Preset Results Parallels Desktop Unigine Valley Benchmark 1440p Results macOS Unigine Valley Benchmark Extreme HD Preset Results Unigine Valley Benchmark running on Parallels Desktop 16 You can see that Parallels Desktop fully utilises the RX 5700 XT eGPU in the screenshot below.

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