On Friday, April 20, 2012 02:46:10 PM Luther Woodrum wrote:
> > The amd cpus also come with virtualization support. > Note that there are several types of hardware support for virtualization. The more commonly known support is support for CPU virtualization. There is also support for I/O virtualization. Intel refers to this as VT-d. AMD refers to it as IOMMU. If you want this I/O virtualization support you need to check CPU and chipset and BIOS. When I researched this in late 2010, the AMD IOMMU support was available in less expensive hardware than the Intel VT-d support. To be honest, I have no idea whether it is worthwhile to have I/O virtualization support in a hobbyist desktop PC. BTW, Joe, with regard to your plan for 8 GB RAM, DDR3 is quite cheap now. Today Newegg had a Shell-shocker on an 8 GB DDR3 RAM stick, so even on a conventional mobo you can now get 32 GB RAM at reasonable cost. I don't know if you'd need that much. > So, why are you now so interested in switching to the intel chips? > I was wondering the same thing. > Lex > > On Thu, 19 Apr 2012, Joseph Apuzzo wrote: > > Mother board finally fully failed, no POST nothing. I need to replace the > > mother board and memory ( the fatal short was somewhere in that section ). > > Since I do not want to put good money after bad, I want to move up to > > Intel > > i7 (4 core with 8Gb memory) )with EFI etc. > > But since I have been with AMD for the last 10 years or so, I'm a tad bit > > out of touch with Intel MB chip-sets and features. > > > > That is what are the virtualization features and or chip-set family to > > get? > > This should go without saying but I ask from a "I'm going to mainly use > > Linux and run KVM / Virtualbox etc." angle not a "MS Windows 7 / 8" angle > > > > Don't have to fix this tomorrow, but want to get back in the game at least > > by the end of the month or sooner. > > > > PS: there will be no services, just immediate family will be there for the > > disposal at the recycling center. > > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) Vassar College > May 2 - Git > Jun 6 - Why the Web Needs HTML5 > Jul 11 - Arduino-palooza II _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) Vassar College May 2 - Git Jun 6 - Why the Web Needs HTML5 Jul 11 - Arduino-palooza II
