Hello guys,
I recently bought an AMD FX-8350 CPU + 8GB RAM, ASUS M5A97 R2.0 Mobo.
I wanted to run couple of virtual machines (for development & research purposes).
I just learned that processor need to support " Hardware Virtualization" for that. God knows what it is. I didn't think of this before purchasing the processor. From this answer http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/366801-28-virtualization-8350-intel-core-3770k
Its apparent that it supports. But when I see the specs of the processor, I don't find any proof for what he says. Could any one kindly provide a good authoritative reference.
I recently bought an AMD FX-8350 CPU + 8GB RAM, ASUS M5A97 R2.0 Mobo.
I wanted to run couple of virtual machines (for development & research purposes).
I just learned that processor need to support " Hardware Virtualization" for that. God knows what it is. I didn't think of this before purchasing the processor. From this answer http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/366801-28-virtualization-8350-intel-core-3770k
$hawn :
The thing about any AMD FX chip is that it supports ALL the features, be it the AES instruction set, or AMD-V(AMD Virtualization) support, from the top end FX-8350, all the way down to the FX-4300. No bullshit cutting out of features. 
That being said, an FX-8350 WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY better than the i7-3770(k) for virtualization purposes. Google and do some research, and you'll see that AMD's 8 cores really help a lot when it comes to virtualization (even though the individual cores are a bit weaker), and that too at nearly $100 cheaper than the Intel chip Given that you already have a AM3+ socket mobo, it would be really stupid to burn money on a new Intel motherboard+CPU too 
There's are only few things that the FX series chips are good at, and they are Encryption, Virtualization, Video encoding, photo/video editing etc. And more recently, Crysis3 ....lolz
That being said, an FX-8350 WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY better than the i7-3770(k) for virtualization purposes. Google and do some research, and you'll see that AMD's 8 cores really help a lot when it comes to virtualization (even though the individual cores are a bit weaker), and that too at nearly $100 cheaper than the Intel chip
Given that you already have a AM3+ socket mobo, it would be really stupid to burn money on a new Intel motherboard+CPU too There's are only few things that the FX series chips are good at, and they are Encryption, Virtualization, Video encoding, photo/video editing etc. And more recently, Crysis3 ....lolz
Its apparent that it supports. But when I see the specs of the processor, I don't find any proof for what he says. Could any one kindly provide a good authoritative reference.
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