The Pentium D's and some of the really low end Core 2's do not have hardware virtualization on the chip. Intel calls this Intel VT, AMD calls it AMD-V. There are some programs that do software (para) virtualization and don't require this built into the CPU, but most virtualization software requires it and it makes a noticeable performance difference.
All recent AMD chips have this built in, only Core 2 Duo and above have it on the Intel side. If you're considering virtualization now or sometime in the future, make sure you get the CPU that can handle it. Chris On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 8:54 AM, Andrew Farnsworth <farn...@gmail.com>wrote: > Pentium-D vs Core2 > Pentium-D vs AMD Athlon/Phenom > > Opinions? Differences? > > I'm looking at building a cheap system to use as a workstation / server and > have found a cheap Pentium-D dual core system and was wondering how it would > compare to a Core2Duo or an AMD Phenom (or Phenom II). Any opinions and or > links would be appreciated. I might use if for some casual gaming but > nothing intense. I want to run VMs on the system which I will be using for > learning and development, no serious full time services. > > Andy > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to nlug-t...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<nlug-talk%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to nlug-t...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=.
