On 30/07/10 10:29, Mark Rogers wrote:
On 30/07/10 10:18, Mark Rogers wrote:
- Core-2 Quad Q8300
[...] running virtual machines would be good (using VirtualBox)
Just looking now, I can't find a definitive answer as to whether the Q8300 has VT-x extensions. Anyone know? Do I need them?
The Q8300 does have VT-X but sometimes it is disabled in the bios, you'd need to search against the specific machine model to find out for sure.
VT-x isn't a requirement for running VM's but it can improve performance....by how much I am not sure.
eBuyer have an own-brand Q8400 box that's cheaper but lower spec in other areas (2GB RAM, 500GB HDD), but I think the Q8400 will at least have VT-x?
The Ebuyer machine will be using a generic off the shelf mainboard which is very likely to have the VT-x option