Pentium d 945 or 950 ?

[durhamilton]

I bought a Pentium d 945 oem on ebay for 100$. When I got the cpu today it was a d 950. The specs seem to be the same but I'm not sure if I should keep it or not? Any thoughts??

 

[carver_g]

I bought a Pentium d 945 oem on ebay for 100$. When I got the cpu today it was a d 950. The specs seem to be the same but I'm not sure if I should keep it or not? Any thoughts??

The 950 has all the features of the 945, plus it adds Intel Virtualization Technology. I would keep it. Although if your board can take a core2, I would send it back!

-G

 

[kitchenshark]

I'd say keep it, I can't find any differences either. At least not without digging more (which I can't, short on time). The benchmarks show the 950 ahead of the 940 a little ways, so it's probably still a bit ahead of the 945.

 

[Heyyou27]

Why did you buy a Pentium D in June of 2007?

 

[bkiserx7]

Why did you buy a Pentium D in June of 2007?

maybe his board does not support C2Ds. i got an ol' Gigabyte GA-G1975X. Bad ass board that I got for $85 Open Box from the Egg. Put my ol' D805 in and runs great at 3.4+

 

[durhamilton]

I have a ECS c19-a motherboard and the website only list pentium d as the highest cpu compatable for it. Not ready to update mobo yet.(I am running an 805 @3.4 now and was thinking of taking the 945/950 to over 4g.)

 

[Heyyou27]

Why did you buy a Pentium D in June of 2007?

maybe his board does not support C2Ds. i got an ol' Gigabyte GA-G1975X. Bad ass board that I got for $85 Open Box from the Egg. Put my ol' D805 in and runs great at 3.4+He didn't say that. I just couldn't justify the purchase of a Pentium D when you can find a cheap Core 2 board for less than $100, but if someone else feels like they're saving money, more power to them.

 

[wadded]

Why did you buy a Pentium D in June of 2007?

maybe his board does not support C2Ds. i got an ol' Gigabyte GA-G1975X. Bad ass board that I got for $85 Open Box from the Egg. Put my ol' D805 in and runs great at 3.4+He didn't say that. I just couldn't justify the purchase of a Pentium D when you can find a cheap Core 2 board for less than $100, but if someone else feels like they're saving money, more power to them.

But if like in my position your board will only take Pentium D and AGP slot, then upgrade becomes pretty expensive to C2D taking into account PCI-E card, CPU, MB and possibly Memory too. :roll:

 

[bkiserx7]

But if like in my position your board will only take Pentium D and AGP slot, then upgrade becomes pretty expensive to C2D taking into account PCI-E card, CPU, MB and possibly Memory too. :roll:

you got several options option 1, option 2, option 2 open box, and there are more