As of now, there are only limited OS's that have 3d support even if the hardware supports it
Configure Video Cards in the vSphere Client
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(Optional) Click Enable 3D support. This check box is active only for guest operating systems on which VMware supports 3D. |
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As of now, the only OS's that work are
Vista, Windows 7, Windows 2008 and Windows 8
Note: Workstation and Player does offer native 3D support for other OS's