Pentium D? Good/Bad

[Minicoop503]

For Christmas, I want a new processor and video card. I have pretty much decided on a video card but for the processor I'm not sure. Right now I have a celeron D and my mobo can support celeron d's, Pentium 4's and Pentium d's. My celeron isnt that great it has something like 32kb L1 cache and 256 L2 and it slows down a lot with a lot of programs running.

Sooo...

The only dual core I can buy without buying a new mobo (which I wouldn't have enough money to do) would be a pentium d. They dont look that bad to me and I don't really need it to be the fastest computer ever but I would like it to be a noticable increase in speed in everyday computing and gaming. So, what are your thought's on the pentium d? Should I buy one or should I ditch my mobo and buy a new one? I sort of want to keep my mobo though because it has ddr ram (what I have now) and it has pci e x16 which is good.


Comments please..

[ConscriptVirus]

Re: Pentium D? Good/Bad

pentium D isnt bad...my friend has one with a x850xt pe and he can play all high pretty fine

wat else do u have in ur system?

[Minicoop503]

Re: Pentium D? Good/Bad

Right now I have 1 gig of ram and basically thats all I'm going to keep, but I'm going to upgrade to 1.5 gigs.

Here is what I'm looking at-

Processor- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819116253

Video Card (1 of these, not sure)

1.http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814102688

2.http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814102052

What the difference with the x850xt Pe?

Ram-
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820236112 (same brand as my current 512mb ram)

DVD Burner-

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827131031

What do you guys think? Will I be able to run on mostly high settings?

[ConscriptVirus]

Re: Pentium D? Good/Bad

i dont think there is a diff between the x850xt and x850xt pe...i think the x850xt pe is just clocked 20mhz faster

[cloakster]

Re: Pentium D? Good/Bad

go for a 7900gs instead. its faster and newer

[Scinto]

Re: Pentium D? Good/Bad

go for a 7900gs instead. its faster and newer

and more expensive...

the 7900GS is around $200 the X850XT is $130

ive got a Pentium D running with 1gb ddr2 (cant remeber the speed) and my old x700 running on medium in my other machine

[Munk_Madness]

Re: Pentium D? Good/Bad

good dvd drive but be carefull this one will not burn dvd-rdl

[Minicoop503]

Re: Pentium D? Good/Bad

The x850xt pe is also cheaper i think. so, 20mhz faster and 10 dollars cheaper means im gonna get that.

Also, what is a dvd-rdl? Never heard of one..

[ConscriptVirus]

Re: Pentium D? Good/Bad

yeah the x850xt pe is a great card, but is it really cheaper?

[GeoffRowley]

Re: Pentium D? Good/Bad

I suggest the 7600gt by evga, has Sm2.0 which will become a requirement soon enough, even SCA NEEDS it jsut to run, and has a better warranty, and equal to better performance

[Minicoop503]

Re: Pentium D? Good/Bad

is it more expensive?

[cloakster]

Re: Pentium D? Good/Bad

No the 7600GT is about $115-$125, and it is only a little less pwerful than the X850XT. If you can afford it the 7900GS would be a good choice. Link: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130056

[Papi4baby]

Re: Pentium D? Good/Bad

I suggest the 7600gt by evga, has Sm2.0 which will become a requirement soon enough, even SCA NEEDS it jsut to run, and has a better warranty, and equal to better performance

Like he said i would get the 76 also, and is SM 3.0 not 2.0(older). Nothing wrong with the Pentium D, if you want to keep your mobo and memory, it is a desent CPU.

[Minicoop503]

Re: Pentium D? Good/Bad

Hmm, the 7600 gt might be good for my price range but im not too sure about the 7900. I'll have to wait until I'm sure how much money I'm going to get from all my family.

I'm probably going to get a pentium d since you guys says its pretty good.

Thanks

[Papi4baby]

Re: Pentium D? Good/Bad

Also by the time you will be getting your stuff(x-mas i guess) the 88 series from Nvidia will be out, and maybe the prices on current VGA will go down making them more afforable to you.