For gaming system: would u rather: Dual Xeons, or PentiumD?

[kman13]

So, I have two Xeon 5050 chips sitting around. I also have a Pentium D sitting around. And I want to build a system. Do you think it's worth it to game on a dual Xeon system? Or should I just stick with the Pentium D?

In either system, I'd be having 2 GB of ram, and a fairly high end video card running in PCI-E x16 (possibly an ATI X1950, good deals on newegg.)

 

[akhilles]

I'd sell the chips & build a c2d gaming pc. Xeon is a server chip whereas P-D is yesterday news.

 

[kman13]

i was thinking about that.
ive had the pentium d for about a year now, and i wish i had sold it when i got it ... coulda gotten like $400 in store credit lol.
i also missed out on a great intel deal ... thats very upsetting as well.

The xeons dont really go for that much on ebay though, that's why i was reluctant to sell them.

Also, I don't quite have the money now for a nice Core 2 Duo processor, but I could always run the Pentium D in a nice motherboard and upgrade the chip later without any problems with compatibility or even windows activation ... the motherboard would be staying the same, after all. Just plug and play!

 

[enforcerfx]

i was thinking about that.
ive had the pentium d for about a year now, and i wish i had sold it when i got it ... coulda gotten like $400 in store credit lol.
i also missed out on a great intel deal ... thats very upsetting as well.

The xeons dont really go for that much on ebay though, that's why i was reluctant to sell them.

Also, I don't quite have the money now for a nice Core 2 Duo processor, but I could always run the Pentium D in a nice motherboard and upgrade the chip later without any problems with compatibility or even windows activation ... the motherboard would be staying the same, after all. Just plug and play!

Yeah, you could always just buy a motherboard that supports Core 2 Duo and use the Pentium D in place of it for now. Seems like a easy way to save money. You could get maybe 200 on ebay for both of those Xeons. Give it a shot.