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    Win7 XP mode no longer needs virtualization!

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by ScuderiaConchiglia, Mar 18, 2010.

  1. ScuderiaConchiglia

    ScuderiaConchiglia NBR Vaio Team Curmudgeon

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    ScuderiaConchiglia, Mar 18, 2010
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  2. Kuu

    Kuu That Quiet Person

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    Well, I know a few friends that will be happy to hear this, I should go tell them.

    Or maybe I shouldn't because they never bother to look for updates to anything :D

    Without the Virtualization, does that mean it will not run as well?
     
    Kuu, Mar 18, 2010
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    Redneck_Randy Notebook Geek

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    Redneck_Randy, Mar 18, 2010
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  4. Keith

    Keith Notebook Deity

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    This may not be the best example, but I installed it on a old Dell Latitude D610. It's got a Pentium M 1.86GHz cpu and 1 GB of memory. It was sluggish, but it ran.
     
    Keith, Mar 18, 2010
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  5. GoodBytes

    GoodBytes NvGPUPro

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    I tested, my laptop you can disable virtualization via BIOS.
    It's a little slower without virtualization under XP. But if you run Vista/Win7... you feel the impact.

    This update is more for the select Intel Core 2 Dup's which doesn't have virtualization, and AMD's Socket 939 dual core CPU's which despite old, is very powerful. I can still play the latest games at max max settings at 1920x1200 without any problem. I know that my CPU limits my GPU though... it would be time to further overclock my CPU or upgrade my system, but ignoring the all games at ~60fps part at max settings, it's a fine CPU.
     
    GoodBytes, Mar 19, 2010
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  6. Angelic

    Angelic Kickin' back :3

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    I think it should have been like this to begin with, but I applaud MS for their support in making an almost perfect OS better. :)
     
    Angelic, Mar 20, 2010
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  7. mujtaba

    mujtaba ZzzZzz Super Moderator

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    Hardware Virtualization mainly makes the lives of VM developers easier, it has less to do with performance gains, actually some of the more early versions slightly reduced the performance compared to robust implementations such as VMWare.
     
    mujtaba, Mar 21, 2010
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