Same here (DP on VMware WS8), and my problem with the VMwre tools was I had my resolution set too high so I couldn't see the VMware prompt (in the DP client) to install. (The green background tools prompt was "below" the bottom edge of the screen,
or so it seems). It was only getting tired of the half-broken navigation I set the resolution to 1440x900 and there was the tools prompt.
Once installed, yes, fluid is the operative word.
Running WEI on the client shows I have 7.2 on both graphics benchmarks, probably because my host's NVidia 580GT is a MONSTER!
I7-960, 6GB RAM, VMWare WS8, 2GB client RAM, = very satisfactory performance, probably much better than many of the native OS installs in fact.
DAS