Gaming
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I'm buying a new processor soon, and I the choice I'm leaning towards is a p2 xeon 450mhz, because of the xeon's large cache. I have a geforce2 and I still get below-average framerates in RTCW(opengl game). should I go with it? (my mobo is not new so getting a p3/4 is doubtful and I'm not willing to get another one):confused:
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I'm buying a new processor soon, and I the choice I'm leaning towards is a p2 xeon 450mhz, because of the xeon's large cache. I have a geforce2 and I still get below-average framerates in RTCW(opengl game). should I go with it? (my mobo is not new so getting a p3/4 is doubtful and I'm not willing to get another one):confused:
I bet 450MHz will crawl. Get the fastest Celeron your board can take, which - if you use the right slocket and BIOS upgrades, might be >= 1 GHz. --Mike-- Actual sign at the laundromat I go to: "No tinting or dying" Like the Google toolbar? Then check out UltraBar, with more features & customizable search engines! My really out-of-date homepage Big fan of Alyson Hannigan and Jamie Salé.
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I'm buying a new processor soon, and I the choice I'm leaning towards is a p2 xeon 450mhz, because of the xeon's large cache. I have a geforce2 and I still get below-average framerates in RTCW(opengl game). should I go with it? (my mobo is not new so getting a p3/4 is doubtful and I'm not willing to get another one):confused:
I wouldn't waste the money on a XEON processor for gaming. The larger cache is great, but you do not gain that much from it on a workstation type PC. Thats why most of the regular processors top out at 512K or their L2 cache. The cache on the XEON is designed for server processing that services multiple users over multiple network connections.
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I wouldn't waste the money on a XEON processor for gaming. The larger cache is great, but you do not gain that much from it on a workstation type PC. Thats why most of the regular processors top out at 512K or their L2 cache. The cache on the XEON is designed for server processing that services multiple users over multiple network connections.
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I'm buying a new processor soon, and I the choice I'm leaning towards is a p2 xeon 450mhz, because of the xeon's large cache. I have a geforce2 and I still get below-average framerates in RTCW(opengl game). should I go with it? (my mobo is not new so getting a p3/4 is doubtful and I'm not willing to get another one):confused:
Dude, I work at GameSpy - we play games all the time. :)
Do yourself a favor and upgrade the video card to a GeForce3 or 4 & skip the xeon in favor of a P3 or P4 over 1Ghz (at the least). Oh, and be carefull of which GeForce you buy - due to bizare marketing at nVidia some of the new GeForce4's are SLOWER than the older GeForce3's! Read up before you buy...
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I'm buying a new processor soon, and I the choice I'm leaning towards is a p2 xeon 450mhz, because of the xeon's large cache. I have a geforce2 and I still get below-average framerates in RTCW(opengl game). should I go with it? (my mobo is not new so getting a p3/4 is doubtful and I'm not willing to get another one):confused:
Do you have a particular reason for not wanting a new mobo? Usually an old processor (such as a P2) will be fairly expensive, due to the fact that they're less in demand, (unless you're getting it 2nd hand, but I'd advise against using a used processor) However, a processor that was new fairly recently (such as a 1ghz Athlon) can be picked up incredibly cheaply now. Of course, I don't have any sort of figures to back this up, but if you're after decent speeds in games, then I have a feeling that no matter how good your graphics card is, having a 450mhz cpu is going to cause a bottleneck. Out of interest, what CPU do you have now? -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!
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I'm buying a new processor soon, and I the choice I'm leaning towards is a p2 xeon 450mhz, because of the xeon's large cache. I have a geforce2 and I still get below-average framerates in RTCW(opengl game). should I go with it? (my mobo is not new so getting a p3/4 is doubtful and I'm not willing to get another one):confused:
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plase, do yourself a favour and get on the Athlon path. Basically, for the same performance an Athlon is much cheaper and you can spend the money on upgrading other parts of your system
I'm weary of replacing my mobo. :\