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ASUS still fails?
March 24, 2010 - 8:48pm
I've read elsewhere that ASUS boards which include Intel chipsets that theoretically support VT-d haven't implemented the chipset correctly. I'm now in the market for a new MB and I'd like to get VT-d if possible, but the Intel boards are weak. Does anyone know if the ASUS problems with VT-d implementation have been patched or are still hosed?
What do you mean by "Intel boards are weak"? In terms of other features, or?
Intel invented VT-d, if someone knows how to implement a new bleeding edge Intel technology like VT-d, that would be Intel.
I have a Gigabyte motherboard on which I have enabled VT-d through some hidden advanced options in the BIOS. It works, but I have some weird problems with some cards, which might be related to the Gigabyte BIOS implementation (beta feature). I'm upgrading my motherboard once again, this time to a Intel board with the new Q57 chipset.
Asus is AFAIK completely broken in terms of VT-d support, and trust me, you will run into plenty of other software bugs and limitations with the current VT-d/passthrough KVM implementation, so the last thing you want is a semi-broken hardware/motherboard implementation of VT-d. I would 100% go for a Intel board at the moment, as it gives you the highest possibility of success with passthrough.
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