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Celeron D worth it?

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FalconSS

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I have a a P4 3.2E on an Abit IC7-G Max2 advance mobo. with an HIS 3850 Oc'ed Graphics card. and 2 gigs of corsair XMS PC3200 ram

I have been having problems with a few games not due to CPU Speed, but due to my lack of multiple cores.

would I see any differance or would it be worth it to pick up a 3.2Ghz Celeron D (the highest my mobo would allow)

I would be going down from 800Mhz FSB to 533.

don't tell me I need to build a new system because I know and am in the process, just wondering specifically if this would help this pc run smoother/faster or not.

games i'm seeing I need extra cores on:

Mass effect
Dragon Age
assassins creed

really any game thats multiplatform with Xbox 360 i've noticed. maybe something with emulation since it has 3 cores? I believe I have the graphical power but my CPU is holding me back. I see socket 939's with a similer setup but dual core and they are getting almost double framerates.

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I actually got a small bump to FPS by lowering my overclock on my current build from 3.68 to 3.4 and back to stock voltage. I guess this old chip can't take it anymore. lol. Still thinking 2 3.2 cores with a lower FSB would be faster than my single "3.4" in todays games. What do you guys think?
 
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Celeron D is not dual core. :(

IIRC you have the 2nd best CPU or Socket 478, the best being the 3.4 Extreme Edition. (pointless to get, your 3.2 is good enough)

Don't waste any more time/money on upgrades, its not worth it - you're getting a new system soon. If you do want to do something still, get a Core 2 Duo or AM2 motherboard that will take DDR 1 and AGP, then get a cheap CPU to match and overclock!
 
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lol, nm I guess the "D" doesn't stand for dual. I guess the only upgrade would be going up to the 3.6 or 3.8 prescott's...talk about Hott!
 
ok, after doing more research, wikepidia on there Pentium D webpage says this

"The 865- and 875-series chipsets supported multiprocessing. Motherboards with them might be Pentium D compatible with an updated BIOS. "

Since mine is an 875P would it work?
 
FalconSS said:
ok, after doing more research, wikepidia on there Pentium D webpage says this

"The 865- and 875-series chipsets supported multiprocessing. Motherboards with them might be Pentium D compatible with an updated BIOS. "

Since mine is an 875P would it work?
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Not necessarily. Not all manufacturers using the 875P enabled dual-core CPU support for their mobos. In addition, as ND40oz pointed out: your mobo is socket 478. You'd need socket 775 for Pentium D CPUs.
 
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