Does enabling Hardware Virtualization affect performance in any way?

[Amateur Gamer]

Hey i got an android emulator and it says that i should enable Hardware Virtualization to gain more performance in the emulator.

My question is could enabling this affect my system's performance in a negative way?

 

I have an i5-6600k Overclocked to 4.5GHz with an Asus Z170A mobo.

[Stefan1024]

No, it's a HW feature as far as I know.

[Master Disaster]

Nope, its a separate set of features (called VT-X by Intel) and has no impact on performance outside of virtualised environments.

 

https://software.intel.com/en-us/blogs/2009/06/25/understanding-vt-d-intel-virtualization-technology-for-directed-io

 

Ignore that, it covers VT-D and not VT-X.

[samcool55]

No, it just allows VM's to send commands straight to the cpu instead of going through the host OS. It's a sort of side door you open. Front door is for your windows system and the back door should be shut

 

[Amateur Gamer]

1 minute ago, samcool55 said:

No, it just allows VM's to send commands straight to the cpu instead of going through the host OS. It's a sort of side door you open. Front door is for your windows system and the back door should be shut

 

 

3 minutes ago, Master Disaster said:

Nope, its a separate set of features (called VT-X by Intel) and has no impact on performance outside of virtualised environments.

 

https://software.intel.com/en-us/blogs/2009/06/25/understanding-vt-d-intel-virtualization-technology-for-directed-io

 

Ignore that, it covers VT-D and not VT-X.

 

7 minutes ago, Stefan1024 said:

No, it's a HW feature as far as I know.

I see thanks everyone!

Also this is off topic but is there a way to reply to everyone without creating a giant wall of quotes?

[samcool55]

Just now, Amateur Gamer said:

 

 

I see thanks everyone!

Also this is off topic but is there a way to reply to everyone without creating a giant wall of quotes?

You can tag them, for example @Amateur Gamer

[Amateur Gamer]

@samcool55

 

Thank you!

This has been bothering me since i joined but i never asked for some reason.

[BubblyCharizard]

emulators like virtualbox need VT-D or VT-X enabled to have them work properly.

 

[Czeekaj]

If you dig through Group Policy there is also some Virtualization settings that are Windows based on the Software side of things. like App-V this may effect preformance as it's sometimes running as background proccess.

[Master Disaster]

3 hours ago, BubblyCharizard said:

emulators like virtualbox need VT-D or VT-X enabled to have them work properly.

 

VT-D is an extension of VT-X.