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by shocks 4893 days ago
VT-x is for hardware virtualisation. VT-d is allows direct pass through of device (PCI, etc).

VT-x is essential, VT-d is 'nice' because it lets you hook PCI devices directly into the VM (good for some servers) but in general you don't need it.

3770k is a very nice chip! I love mine. Easy to overclock too.