Will I have to upgrade my processor?

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blayez

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Plan on getting an 8800 512 GTS card and upgrading my ram to ddr2 800 or 1066

I want to avoid a serious bottleneck that my Pentium D 950 3.40ghz might cause.. quite a few people have told me that the Pentium D's are complete trash but I am still hesitant about giving mine up

If I chose to upgrade my processor to hang with this new equipment, what would you guys recommend for price and performance.. I am not a big fan of spending 70 dollars on a new hardware item when I could have spent 30 more and got one that I would be able to use for a couple more years

I have been told that the core2duos and quads, even at mucccch lower speeds outperform the D just because of more advanced technology

I also need it to be compatable with my motherboard and such:

Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Model : 0YF432 A00
Rev: C1
Bios: Dell inc. 1.1.3 07/31/2006
chipset: nvidia nforce 4 sli intel edition
southbridge: Nvidia nforce 590 SLI
LPCIO: SMSC

Graphic interface: PCI-Express
Link width: x16 Max supported: x16
 
I really don't know how much it would compare. I mean that Pentium D you have is a 3.4GHz dual-core processor with 4MB of cache, so it should be a great CPU still and offer no bottle-necking. But I am by no means the CPU guru, so I'll see what others have to say. Also, if you haven't seen it yet, I am pretty confident that the maximum speed of memory your motherboard will support is DDR2 667MHz.
 
Yes, thank you very much a third time :)

If you can find out any info on my Pentium D's performance let me know
 
Even a cheapest lowest end Allendale CPU outperforms that Pentium D, you might want to check out the e7200, but first check if your board can support Core 2 Duo's, let alone Wolfdale Core 2 Duo's
 
Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Model : 0YF432 A00
Rev: C1
Bios: Dell inc. 1.1.3 07/31/2006
chipset: nvidia nforce 4 sli intel edition
southbridge: Nvidia nforce 590 SLI
LPCIO: SMSC

Graphic interface: PCI-Express
Link width: x16 Max supported: x16

thats all the info i can get about my board atm, now how should I go about seeing what processors would be compatable?
 
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