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First post, by zbiggy

Posted on 2006-07-02, 21:58

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Recent CPUs have built in Virtualization feature for better performance of OSes executed in parallel:

http://www.intel.com/technology/computing/vptech/

Will dosbox use such feature to improve emulation performance?

Reply 1 of 1, by DosFreak

Posted on 2006-07-03, 00:08

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No. Processor virtualization is not good for playing old DOS games.

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