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| conquistador Deactivated User Hellhamster. 2947 Posts 10/03 |  Posted - Feb 2 2008 : 9:57PMThere are several Intel dual core chips that I could put in my socket 775 ASUS P5-ND2-SLI board. What I want to know is if you folks think it would be better to do that right now or buy a newer mother board and install a newer dual core CPU. Also any thoughts about getting a new MoBo would be great. Please. And any personal experiences about running SLI cards or a single card would be great as well. (I use nVidia stuff) So the question is: Should I get a new MoBo or keep mine? Thanks. [Link] |
Bob  All-Star Member 5516 Posts 3/03 | Posted - Feb 3 2008 : 12:52AM . [typo] Edited by - bob on 2/3/2008 12:53:58 AM [Link] |
| conquistador Deactivated User Hellhamster. 2947 Posts 10/03 | Posted - Feb 3 2008 : 10:21AM The box and documentation I got with the board seems to indicate that it would work. So I am at a loss. It's a bit blurry but...  Edited by - conquistador on 2/3/2008 10:23:12 AM [Link] |
| conquistador Deactivated User Hellhamster. 2947 Posts 10/03 | Posted - Feb 3 2008 : 10:28AM Socket 775 for Intel Processor Extreme Edition/Pentium D/Pentium 4/Celeron CPU Compatible with Intel 05b/05A and 04b/04A processors Intel EM64T/EIST/Hyper-Threading Then refers me to the asus page for a list I am not too familiar with CPUs as graphics are more my focus so forgive my ignorance please. Are there any Dual Core processors my board would support? Thanks. I am not just passing all of my research off to the forum I am just itching to upgrade because Crysis plays like shit and I am anticipating FarCry 2 (etc). EDIT: damn. that chart is not promising. Perhaps they thought it would work when they designed the box but never managed to implement it. Since that may be the case do you have any recommendations for a mother board? I have no requirements except that it accept a dual core chip. I think that it is probably not worth bothering with SLI this time around. Edited by - conquistador on 2/3/2008 10:32:00 AM [Link] |
| Bob All-Star Member 5516 Posts 3/03 | Posted - Feb 3 2008 : 7:33PM As for selecting new motherboard, I suggest that you read product descriptions and reviews at NewEgg.com. One you've figured out what you want, you can probably get it at a brick-and-mortar store, either off the shelf or by special order. [Link] |
| conquistador Deactivated User Hellhamster. 2947 Posts 10/03 | Posted - Feb 3 2008 : 8:06PM NewEgg is a terrific site and they have tons of stuff.  thank you.EDIT: I looked into the BIOS idea. No dice. Edited by - conquistador on 2/3/2008 8:43:10 PM [Link] |
| willywilly Member Activated Member 662 Posts 2/05 | Posted - Feb 9 2008 : 5:35PM Perhaps I didn't get a good grasp of it, but I was under the impression that the big benefit for dual core owners comes when multi-tasking, not gaming. For gaming, the stuff I read always emphasizes the graphics card and its specs. I haven't looked up your board - Can you use a PCI-E video card in it? Newegg has some real hot rods according to the things I read. But they cost... upwards of $200. Some to $300. p.s. If you do consider a high performance video card, be sure you have an adequate power supply, with some head room to spare. Edited by - willywilly on 2/9/2008 5:38:24 PM [Link] |
| conquistador Deactivated User Hellhamster. 2947 Posts 10/03 | Posted - Feb 9 2008 : 7:10PM [Link] |
| PL Senior Member God hates us all, you know it's true, God hates this place. - Slayer 1726 Posts 10/03 | Posted - Feb 9 2008 : 10:25PM You will need to be sure to make sure your BIOS is upto date to the latest, more than likley, to run those D PCUs. As for games and such, they do help. When I got my E6600 it was one of the better gaming CPUs out there. The GFX card is a major factor, but a kick ass GFX card and crap CPU, you will get bottlenecking info, killing that nice GFX card's perfoamnce. The Core2Duos are the chips to have for gaming, although that was a year or so ago, I'm not so up on the quad core specs, they could even be better for all I know. And I looked on Tom's Hardware about comparing that new Phenom to it's Intel equivalent, and the Intel still came out on time. I do so need to check up on those new CPUs... P.S. conquistador, NewEgg is the best ever... I refuse to shop anywhere else.  World Class Adult Reviews Edited by - PL on 2/9/2008 10:26:14 PM [Link] |
| conquistador Deactivated User Hellhamster. 2947 Posts 10/03 | Posted - Feb 10 2008 : 1:22AM [Link] |
| Bob All-Star Member 5516 Posts 3/03 | Posted - Feb 10 2008 : 2:43AM One of the ratings categories is the "Price/Peformance Ratio", which I think helps to put things into a real-world perspective. . [typo] Edited by - bob on 2/10/2008 2:48:50 AM [Link] |
| Bob All-Star Member 5516 Posts 3/03 | Posted - Feb 10 2008 : 2:46AM [Link] |
| PL Senior Member God hates us all, you know it's true, God hates this place. - Slayer 1726 Posts 10/03 | Posted - Feb 10 2008 : 8:13PM World Class Adult Reviews [Link] |
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