How do you know if an AMD chip has virtualization technology?

[crazlunatic]

How can you tell? Intel chips has this chart that tells you exactly. Here's AMD's chart, doesn't tell you if it has it so how do I know?

http://products.amd.com/en-us/...&f7=&f8=&f9=&f10=&f11=

 

[jandlecack]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X...ualization_.28AMD-V.29

Edit: And the one you posted definitely doesn't have it because I used to own it like 5 years ago or something.

 

[crazlunatic]

Ha ya I perfectly picked an old chip since it would affect old users the most. It would be nice if there was a for-sure way from AMD. I'm surprised AMD doesn't provide this kind of information. Guess that's why they're behind Intel =\

 

[CTho9305]

If you're asking about desktop CPUs, I think all AMD processors on AM2 sockets and newer have virtualization features. I don't think any 939 processors do. As far as I can tell, every CPU launched in the past 3 years has had virtualization features, so I guess you don't really need a chart listing it on a per-model basis. This Wikipedia page has some details. I think all the Phenom CPUs also have nested page table support, which is supposed to further improve virtualization performance. I'm not speaking for any companies.

 

[Sylvanas]

Any CPU that supports VTx (Intel) or AMD-V (AMD) supports hardware virtualisation. Jandlecack's wiki link has a list of supported CPU's. It's also probably listed in CPU-Z- but I know that in Linux, typing cat /proc/cpuinfo will tell you, just look for the flag vmx (Intel) or smv (AMD). Also makesure any such options are enabled in the BIOS.