Not exactly. VT is not disabled, but VT for Directed I/O (VT-d) is indeed not available on the K SKUs. VT-d simply allows some devices (such as PCI Express cards) to be directly mapped into a guest virtual machine. This technology, while interesting, is not something I've seen utilized much, but it might have some specialized cases.
http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=52210 Regardless of its (lack of) real usefulness, it is indeed a very dumb way to differentiate the product. Greg > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:hardware- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of James Boswell > Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 4:52 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [H] Sandy Bridge > > Anyone doing a lot of VM stuff might want to take note that Vanderpool is > disabled on the K series parts for.. no apparent reason. > > Intel's product differentiation on this launch makes VERY little sense > whatsoever. > > On 19 Jan 2011, at 05:05, Stan Zaske wrote: > > > Nope, but for the small difference in price why not? Ya just never know... > > > > > > > > On Tue, 18 Jan 2011 17:56:10 -0600, FORC5 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Is there any reason to get the K version if one is not going to OC ? > >> > >> Video from intel makes it sound like there are other benefits besides > being unlocked. > >> > >> fp > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > > Using Opera's revolutionary email client: http://www.opera.com/mail/
