Intel Pentium D 805 for gaming ?
 

Just wondering if anyone out there is running a Intel Pentium D 805 2.6GHz
Dual CoreCPU...if so, do you play any games and whats it like ?
Im on an aging P3-1ghz with a AGP 9600Pro video card and the CPU is showing
its age in newer games such as CoD2 and Swat 4 and thought the above chip
might be a suitable budget replacement for me :)

Re: Intel Pentium D 805 for gaming ?
 

> Just wondering if anyone out there is running a Intel Pentium D 805 2.6GHz
> Dual CoreCPU...if so, do you play any games and whats it like ?
> Im on an aging P3-1ghz with a AGP 9600Pro video card and the CPU is
> showing its age in newer games such as CoD2 and Swat 4 and thought the
> above chip might be a suitable budget replacement for me :)
>

For gaming only? You would be better off with a low end Athlon64.

For general use I'd pick the PentiumD 805 though, but I'd crank it up to
around 4GHz :P
I wish that CPU had been around when I spend over $500 on my Athlon X2

Steve

Re: Intel Pentium D 805 for gaming ?
 

XPD submitted this idea :
> Just wondering if anyone out there is running a Intel Pentium D 805 2.6GHz
> Dual CoreCPU...if so, do you play any games and whats it like ?
> Im on an aging P3-1ghz with a AGP 9600Pro video card and the CPU is showing
> its age in newer games such as CoD2 and Swat 4 and thought the above chip
> might be a suitable budget replacement for me :)

Your PC motherboard doesn't support anything more recent than the
Pentium 3. It's far too old. Besides, the Pentium D fits into a
motherboard with a LGA775 socket. Your motherboard has a type 370
socket.

The sensible thing to do would be to purchase a games console ~if~ a
major upgrade is out of the question; or, eschew doing the boringly
sensible thing and blow your budget by a few thousand percent to get a
real man's gaming machine. nyuck nyuck nyuck...

Tony.

Re: Intel Pentium D 805 for gaming ?
 

"Stephen Williams" <stevexc@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:4454790e$1@clear.net.nz...
>> Just wondering if anyone out there is running a Intel Pentium D 805
>> 2.6GHz Dual CoreCPU...if so, do you play any games and whats it like ?
>> Im on an aging P3-1ghz with a AGP 9600Pro video card and the CPU is
>> showing its age in newer games such as CoD2 and Swat 4 and thought the
>> above chip might be a suitable budget replacement for me :)
>>
>
> For gaming only? You would be better off with a low end Athlon64.
>
> For general use I'd pick the PentiumD 805 though, but I'd crank it up to
> around 4GHz :P
> I wish that CPU had been around when I spend over $500 on my Athlon X2
>
> Steve
>

Not just gaming :)
And yeah... the ocing to 3.9/4.2ghz is what caught my interest as well ;)

Re: Intel Pentium D 805 for gaming ?
 

"Tony Neville" <burble@babble.com> wrote in message
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> Your PC motherboard doesn't support anything more recent than the Pentium
> 3. It's far too old. Besides, the Pentium D fits into a motherboard with
> a LGA775 socket. Your motherboard has a type 370 socket.
>
> The sensible thing to do would be to purchase a games console ~if~ a major
> upgrade is out of the question; or, eschew doing the boringly sensible
> thing and blow your budget by a few thousand percent to get a real man's
> gaming machine. nyuck nyuck nyuck...

I know about the motherboard sockets etc, I assemble PCs everyday :)

And nope, already got a PS2 - need PC for work stuff as well as some games
;)

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