Okay, first of all I apologize for asking this, as I've seen it a thousand times. However, I'm going to ask this question with a couple of twists that I couldn't find anywhere else.
My system has an i7-870 2.93 Ghz Quad Core, 16 gb ram, and a GTX 760. Recently, I purchased 3 entire used workstations for a grand total $88. Seriously. Each has Dual W5590 3.33 Ghz Quad Cores, 48 Gb ECC RAM, a bunch of drives, a RAID card, and a Quadro.
I see how a W5590 is quite similar to the i7-870 in age and specs. And while the 870 would win in a head-to-head competition, I'm not sure what will happen versus TWO Xeons, especially in games that are very, very CPU intensive. (For gaming, I'll transfer my GTX 760 and SSD C drive onto the server, so don't worry about those Quadros I won't use them.) What do you guys think?
Edit. P.S. This whole thing's just for pure curiosity's sake, since I've noticed my i7-870 showing its age in CPU-intensive games.
My system has an i7-870 2.93 Ghz Quad Core, 16 gb ram, and a GTX 760. Recently, I purchased 3 entire used workstations for a grand total $88. Seriously. Each has Dual W5590 3.33 Ghz Quad Cores, 48 Gb ECC RAM, a bunch of drives, a RAID card, and a Quadro.
I see how a W5590 is quite similar to the i7-870 in age and specs. And while the 870 would win in a head-to-head competition, I'm not sure what will happen versus TWO Xeons, especially in games that are very, very CPU intensive. (For gaming, I'll transfer my GTX 760 and SSD C drive onto the server, so don't worry about those Quadros I won't use them.) What do you guys think?
Edit. P.S. This whole thing's just for pure curiosity's sake, since I've noticed my i7-870 showing its age in CPU-intensive games.
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