VirtualBox + HT

[HavocXphere]

On an i3, if I want to assign half the cpu capacity to Virtualbox, would I set it to 1 or 2 cpus in the settings?

The task manager shows 4 CPU graphs, of which 2 are HT not real cores.

 

[ponder]

In VB if you got to Settings->System->Processor how many CPU's do you have in green? Set it to halve of what is available in the green line. (Ignore the red line part)

 

[HavocXphere]

Ah right that makes sense. Thanks

 

[kingrob]

Stupid question, but did you switch on Intel VT+ in your motherboard's BIOS?

 

[medicnick83]

In VB if you got to Settings->System->Processor how many CPU's do you have in green? Set it to halve of what is available in the green line. (Ignore the red line part)

half!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[kingrob]

half!!!!!!!!!!!!

Easy tiger! Not even a built-in spell checker would have picked that up.

 

[ponder]

half!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[SomeoneEls]

half!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[HavocXphere]

Installed on laptop in question. VBox shows 4x cores on a i3.

Stupid question, but did you switch on Intel VT+ in your motherboard's BIOS?

Not at all stupid a stupid question. I just assumed its on but picked up on it after vbox bombed out with errors. Why HP disables it per default is beyond me....

 

[kingrob]

Installed on laptop in question. VBox shows 4x cores on a i3.


Not at all stupid a stupid question. I just assumed its on but picked up on it after vbox bombed out with errors. Why HP disables it per default is beyond me....

Think it might be cos VT+ enable makes it impossible to use a dual-screen setup on my Dell Latitude.

Messes up the Intel onboard graphics.