Virtualization Technology (VT) and its use for VMware

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Hey,

So I am looking to buy a CPU. Right now I am choosing between:

Intel Pentium E5200 Wolfdale 2.5GHz 2MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor - Retail
OCed to 3.6-4GHz ish

AND

AMD Athlon 64 X2 7750 Kuma 2.7GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache 2MB L3 Cache Socket AM2+ 95W Dual-Core black edition Processor - Retail
OCed to 3-3.2GHz

Basically, I need to know what difference I'll see with AMD's chip having VT.

I run linux and windows (dual boot). In linux I'm hoping to run a VM (virtualbox maybe?).

So with AMDs VT, will I notice a large difference in performance (with a VM) or will the high clocked Intel chip still beat it.

Thanks!

Oh by the way, I don't know much about VT but I'm assuming that it aids VM performance?
 

psycoshot

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Ok thanks. I'll look into getting the intel then.

Do I need an 800FSB mobo to run a 800 FSB CPU (E5200) or will a mobo with 1066 work? Or could I just OC?
 

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Virtualization technology makes a big difference when it comes to VMs... except that gain normally comes from having two or more VMs... look on the bight side, you can run a 64bit guest on a 32 bit host ;)
 

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The PII x3 OCs much higher and I game quite a bit but also a little bit of multi-core apps. Its a lot more powerful when I'll be using fewer, higher clocked cores.