amd vs intel 64bit drivers etc.

[Guest Slarty Bardfast]

Are there any difference in device drivers when using an AMD 64bit host as

opposed to an Intel 64bit host?

 

IE. If I transported a 64 virtual machine from AMD to Intel host, would any

changes be required?

 

 

thnx

[Guest Colin Barnhorst]

Re: amd vs intel 64bit drivers etc.

 

The emulated hardware does not change when you transport a virtual machine.

However since the host cpu is virtualized that would change. I have not had

to do anything when moving vm's between my AMD64 x2, Core Duo, and Core 2

Quad computers. You may have to reselect the host network adaptor but that

does not involve any drivers in the guest.

 

"Slarty Bardfast" <slarty@bardfast.com> wrote in message

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> Are there any difference in device drivers when using an AMD 64bit host as

> opposed to an Intel 64bit host?

>

> IE. If I transported a 64 virtual machine from AMD to Intel host, would

> any changes be required?

>

>

> thnx

>

[Guest Charlie Russel - MVP]

Re: amd vs intel 64bit drivers etc.

 

The VMs shouldn't be affected, though as Colin points out, you're likely to

have to do some minor jiggling of network adapters. Internally, the guest

shouldn't see any change - since it's seeing a virtualized world in both

cases. And 64bit versions of Windows are the exact same binary for Intel and

AMD x64 processors.

 

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Charlie.

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http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel

 

 

"Slarty Bardfast" <slarty@bardfast.com> wrote in message

news:OPAOPSJXIHA.2268@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

> Are there any difference in device drivers when using an AMD 64bit host as

> opposed to an Intel 64bit host?

>

> IE. If I transported a 64 virtual machine from AMD to Intel host, would

> any changes be required?

>

>

> thnx

>