CPU with either Intel’s Vanderpool or AMD’s Pacifica VT

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Aladdin_Sane

Aug 26, 2007
10:16 AM EDT
Last I heard these technologies were available in $1000 Xeon and Opteron CPU's for servers.

Anyone heard if they're coming available for desktop chips like a nice $65 Sempron, maybe?

dba477

Aug 26, 2007
10:43 AM EDT
Through my personal experience :- Core 2 Duo E6600 does support Xen 3.1 HVM VMs. I also believe that any :- Pentium D 8xx/9xx, Core 2 Duo E4x00/E6x00, Core 2 Extreme X6800/QX6700, Core 2 Quad Q6x00 has this feature as well as :- AMD Athlon64 X2 Dual Core family The last ones are pretty cheap.
Aladdin_Sane

Aug 26, 2007
12:40 PM EDT
Perfect. Newegg: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103... AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+ Brisbane 2.1GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM2 Processor - Retail Virtualization Technology Support Yes $65.99

I had no idea. Thanks.
dba477

Aug 27, 2007
2:12 AM EDT
I would also suggest you a board from ASUS:-

ASUS M2N SLI Deluxe, ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe ATX, ASUS M2N32-SLI Premium Vista Edition ATX

Choice of the board for AMD might affect your system
Aladdin_Sane

Aug 27, 2007
7:22 AM EDT
While I spend a lot of time analyzing such things as MB's before making a buying decision, I find I wind up with Asus about 80% of the time.

Quoting:Choice of the board for AMD might affect your system


Did you mean specifically in reference to VT, or just generally?
dba477

Aug 27, 2007
11:54 AM EDT
Generally. In my opinion, Intel based hardware is much more predictable.

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