Xeon E3110

[acetken]

Hey guys. Quick question. Just got a EVGA 790i board and was wondering if a Xeon E3110 would:
A) Be faster than a Q6600 (G0 stepping) in games.
B) Actually work on the board.

 

[dnottis]

1. Yea unless the game specifically supported quad which most dont.
2. With the latest BIOS most 965, p35s do. Im sure that would.

 

[acetken]

Okay, I'm a total tool. Ignore that previous comment. What I meant was the exact same comment with the Xeon X3350, not the 3110. This idiot requests a new answer to the same two questions.

 

[theirlaw]

To relieve the pressure on the OP, I would like to know whether or not an E3110 will work on a 790i Ultra board... I think that's the route I'm taking.

 

[sofarfrome]

yes it will, right out of the box

 

[acetken]

Sweet. Good to know the procs will work. Now... Is it faster? Is there any funky thing on a Xeon over a C2Q that would make it suck for gaming or is it basically just a badge switch?

 

[jbzx86]

Sweet. Good to know the procs will work. Now... Is it faster? Is there any funky thing on a Xeon over a C2Q that would make it suck for gaming or is it basically just a badge switch?

You said it. Badge switch... I am using an E3110, and honestly all I really do is game, code, nothing crazy processor intensive. So unless a game has support for a Quad, the E3110 will be faster as its stock clock is also higher.

Clock for clock, the Wolfdale-based E3110 is 5% to 10% faster in media applications. Once again, games are still GPU bound at resolutions above 1280x720; most notably anything above 1680x1050.

Honestly, I would stick with your Quad for now. Save the money for something else or save it for Nehalem.