Hello guys. These are my current specs. Intel Celeron D 2.93 GHz (This is why I'm getting a new CPU) 2 GIG RAM Nvidia 6800 GFx card. I want a CPU to hold me out until around christmas, because then I'm going to have a nice AMD rig. Here is the CPU I'm going to buy. "Intel Pentium 4 630 "LGA775 Prescott" 3.0GHz (800FSB) with HT Technology - Retail (CP-094-IN) The new Intel® Pentium® 4 processor at 3.0GHz with an advanced 800 MHz system bus offers higher levels of performance, creativity and productivity. Based on Intel® NetBurst™ microarchitecture and built with Intel''s 0.09-micron technology, the Pentium 4 processor delivers significant performance gains for use in home computing, business solutions and all your processing needs. The Pentium 4 processor at 3.0GHz with an advanced 800 MHz system bus also supports Hyper-Threading Technology, enabling you to multitask more efficiently when you run demanding applications at the same time. The Prescott edition features a huge 2MB L2 cache for improved performance whilst SSE3 extensions have been added and further improvements made to HT and Netburst technologies make this a far more efficient and awsomely fast processor. Supporting Intel® Extended Memory 64 Technology (Intel® EM64T)f as an enhancement to Intel''s IA-32 architecture on server and workstation platforms. This enhancement enables the processor to execute operating systems and applications written to take advantage of Intel® EM64T. The Intel® Pentium® 4 processor supporting Intel® EM64T enables entry-level single processor workstation and server users 64-bit memory addressability for great application flexibility. - 2MB L2 Cache - EIST Technology - Intel NetBurst microarchitecture - Intel® Extended Memory 64 Technology - Hyper-Threading Technology " Please could you tell me if it could handle games like : World of warcraft Battlefield 2 Thanks!
That celeron is no slacker! Beats the hell out of my rig. The intel P4 prescotts would be very good for gaming. I am using one at work (or a similar processor) in a Dell Precision 360 workstation and it flies. Never gamed with it but it is a work horse. The FSB and L2 cache are the most important to your gaming performance and the prescott excells.
Yes, this is a good processor. What type of RAM does your system have? The processor alone will improve your performance but your RAM could be insufficent to keep up with the prescott. Either way, if you are upgrading to a new AMD system this winter it probably isn't worth your money to upgrade the RAM too.
Really, the P4 is not good for gaming. AMD's Athlon 64 CPU destroyed it in gaming performance, as the new Intel Core 2 chips do to it now. I don't see much point in upgrading, its going to be a waste.
While the Athlon64 does beat the crap out of the Pentiums, for gaming, copious amounts of RAM and a good video card will give a bigger benefit than a faster CPU. Now, this isn't to say you won't see a difference, but even with the additional speed the Pentium gives, I would hold my money. Yes, the Celeron is going to be slower than that Pentium, but you're unlikely to actually notice the difference. If you're going to stick with the system that you have and still want a CPU upgrade, I'd wait until Intel does some price cuts, which will happen with Core 2 being pushed. Get a faster Pentium 4, like in the mid- to upper-3GHz range. Core 2 isn't an option for you since current motherboards don't support the lower voltages required by Core 2. Again, given what you have, that CPU would be a bad move as you simply won't gain any noticeable performance. There will be a gain, but I think you'll be sorely disappointed with the jump you're looking at. Hold your money.
You can't game with a GeForce 6800 and 2GB of RAM? You have about 4 1/2 months (approximately) until December. The CPU upgrade you're looking at provides 70MHz more than what you have. That could easily be gained by overclocking your current CPU a little. If you weren't going to be upgrading your system a little over a third of a year, a CPU upgrade would be a good move, although I'd say to go for something faster. In gaming, particularly FPS ones, the video card and RAM amount make the most difference followed by the CPU. The video card and RAM amount should be able to handle the BF2 beast, and given your system, I have to wonder if you've actually played it. WoW shouldn't be a problem. Unless you're trying to run BF2 higher than a 1280x1024 resolution with the eye candy cranked up(which a CPU wouldn't help enough to make it reasonable), I really do not see how your system is going to benefit overall. From personal experience I can tell you that a faster CPU does not guarantee better gaming performance. Especially when you know that you'll be gutting the system for new parts in the near future, it's rather silly to upgrade.
BF2 performance is not really based on CPU ability, its is focused on RAM and GPU (Like Big B said). IMO you would not see any difference in between the to CPU's in BF2, if they both have the same front side bus speed. The extra couple of hundered Mhz and extra L2 Cache shouldnt make much of a diffence. Yor current system should play BF2 adequetly.
Even with a faster FSB that the P4 has, overall, the performance isn't enough to warrant jumping to that particular Pentium. If you're looking at a 3.2GB, 800MHz FSB and possibly a dual-core unit, that might be a valid upgrade---if you weren't going to overhaul the system in a matter of months. Call me crazy, but if I know I'm going to upgrade my system in a matter of months, I'm going to hold onto my cash.
