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4 Replies Last post: Oct 16, 2007 2:46 PM by spike  
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Oct 13, 2007 10:00 PM

Is Xeon Good For Gaming?


Hi everyone,
I was wondering, are the Intel Xeon Processors, usually found in Workstations, good for serious modern gaming? I have heard from some that they are good for gaming, but from others that they aren't, so I am looking for some final clarification on the subject.
Thanks-in-advance,
TechyGuy

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1. Oct 14, 2007 12:29 PM in response to: TechyGuy
Re: Is Xeon Good For Gaming?
Seeing that the Forum pages are taking forever to open at the moment, if I have two posts, I apologize... hitting the post button to reply wouldn't complete so I'm now refreshing this, again :|

I thought Xeon was used more for Business purposes... They use Xeon processors for servers, I don't know about gaming. Look it up!

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2. Oct 14, 2007 4:22 PM in response to: TechyGuy
Re: Is Xeon Good For Gaming?
TechyGuy wrote:
Hi everyone,
I was wondering, are the Intel Xeon Processors, usually found in Workstations, good for serious modern gaming? I have heard from some that they are good for gaming, but from others that they aren't, so I am looking for some final clarification on the subject.
Thanks-in-advance,
TechyGuy
Mac Pros use Xeon processors. You might look up some Mac sites to see if they have any benchmarks for playing games on a Mac Pro in either the Mac OS or in Windoze using Boot Camp. This article has a Unreal Tournament 2004 benchmark for the Mac Pro compared to the original MacBook Pro (Core Duo...not current Core 2 Duo). Here is an older artilce on using a Mac Pro for gaming. You can also do a Google search on "mac pro gaming".

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Bdt1967
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3. Oct 15, 2007 1:41 PM in response to: TechyGuy
Re: Is Xeon Good For Gaming?
I have not had good gaming experience with that processor. You would be better off just getting a core duo 2

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spike
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4. Oct 16, 2007 2:46 PM in response to: TechyGuy
Re: Is Xeon Good For Gaming?
They make GREAT gamming SERVERS,.......but I have never tried to actually play the game on that CPU.
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