I recently managed to get 3D acceleration working with Virtualbox 3.0.x running a Windows guest.
I can’t lay claim to figuring this out myself, all credit goes to the guide at Dedoimedo.com, “DirectX in VirtualBox 3.0.0 – Pure joy is here”.
In a nutshell:
Install a Windows guest under Virtualbox, as you normally would.
Shutdown the virtual machine, and [...]
