Does the Q8400 support VT?

[RedBeard]

There seems to be a lot of FUD surrounding the processor:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16819115057

has anyone got one yet? Can they verify that it supports VT? I want to game but I also need to run 64bit guests for testing.

Thanks

EDIT

Works great. It appears to support SSE 4.1?

Q8400.JPG

 

[armstrda]

Yep

http://ark.intel.com/cpu.aspx?groupId=38512

 

[VirtualLarry]

Originally posted by: armstrda
Yep

http://ark.intel.com/cpu.aspx?groupId=38512

Strange, it supports VT, but not TXT. I thought those two often went together.

Intel really needs to get their act together, and stop crippling processors.

ALL 45nm Core2-family (including "Pentium Dual Core") chips should support SSE4.1, VT, and TXT. Only then will those features reach widespread adoption. Right now, Intel is undercutting support by not making those features ubiquitous, so software developers are remiss about implementing them.

 

[error8]

What is this cpu anyway? Two E5200 slapped together?
I really hate the latest "mid range" quad cores, that Intel threw on the market lately. They took more then half the cache from the high end models, slapped the smallest multiplier possible onto them and sells them at not such attractive prices.

Just when the Q6600-q6700 where starting to drop in price, they were phased out and replaced with these bollocks : Q8200, q9300 and now this q8400.
I guess this is just the side effect of AMD still being unable to compete on all sides with Intel.

 

[SunnyD]

Originally posted by: error8
I guess this is just the side effect of AMD still being unable to compete on all sides with Intel.

What exactly does AMD have to do with Intel pushing products with incomplete feature sets? I think you would be better off saying "I guess this is just the side effect of Intel not being able to compete with AMD for feature-complete parts at all price-points."

 

[error8]

Originally posted by: SunnyD

Originally posted by: error8
I guess this is just the side effect of AMD still being unable to compete on all sides with Intel.

"I guess this is just the side effect of Intel not being able to compete with AMD for feature-complete parts at all price-points."

Well yeah, this sounds better.

 

[RedBeard]

Well at that price I just ordered one. Thanks for the input!

 

[RedBeard]

Hmm. Updated OP

Q8400.JPG

 

[lopri]

Go to 'About' tab in cpuz and click/save "Registers Dump" It'll give you a .txt file with more detailed cpuid info.

 

[RedBeard]

Originally posted by: lopri
Go to 'About' tab in cpuz and click/save "Registers Dump" It'll give you a .txt file with more detailed cpuid info.

Processors Information
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Processor 1 (ID = 0)
Number of cores 4 (max 4)
Number of threads 4 (max 4)
Name Intel Core 2 Quad
Codename Yorkfield
Specification Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q8400 @ 2.66GHz
Package Socket 775 LGA (platform ID = 4h)
CPUID 6.7.A
Extended CPUID 6.17
Core Stepping R0
Technology 45 nm
Core Speed 1999.7 MHz (6.0 x 333.3 MHz)
Rated Bus speed 1333.1 MHz
Stock frequency 2666 MHz
Instructions sets MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, EM64T
L1 Data cache 4 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L1 Instruction cache 4 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L2 cache 2 x 2048 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
FID/VID Control yes
FID range 6.0x - 8.0x
max VID 1.288 V
Features XD, VT

 

[lopri]

So it's confirmed that Q8400 has virtualization support.