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Have i got a xeon processor?

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Hi. Its late 23:43 but thought I ask this now. My CPU is a I7 Ivy 3770k but is it a xeon processor?. I heard that xeon are not all that good for gaming and my games do run slow.

I have only just found out that I think its a xeon as I gone into device manager system devices and looked threw that. At the bottom it says.

XEON Processor E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core Processor DRAM Controller - 0150
XEON Processor E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core Processor PCI Express Root Port - 0151

I have heard that these are more for server side then games. Or is this different?. Thanks.
 
If your CPU is an i7 3770K, then it is not a Xeon, it is an i7.

If your CPU is a Xeon, it is not an i7, it is a Xeon. :p

Though an E3 1200V2 would be fine for gaming as it is very similar to an i5, so it won't be the reason for your games "running slow".

Computer properties, the processors section in device manager, DXDiag, CPU-Z, even the BIOS are all easy ways to determine what CPU you have.

TL;DR No, if you bought an i7, you have an i7. A Xeon is a totally different CPU.
 
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Nope. What graphics card do you have? I'm inclined to think that your game issues are probably related to that, since the 3770k is a very capable cpu.
 
Hi. Got the can sleep bug for last couple of nights and getting worse lol.

Any way I have msi gtx 670 2gb. I get the same stuttering slow downs in games no matter what game and graphic setting its on.
 
Hi. Got the cant sleep bug for last couple of nights and getting worse lol.

Any way I have msi gtx 670 2gb. I get the same stuttering slow downs in games no matter what game and graphic setting its on.
 
The fact that you are getting stutter and slowdowns independent of what game you are playing would suggest that you have other problems at hand. 2GB isn't a lot of vram for newer games that often use up to and over 4GB, but on older titles you should be getting very good performance. I suggest downloading MSI afterburner and monitoring 1) your cpu and gpu temps, 2) your vram usage while gaming. Let us know how those come out
 
Xeons are perfectly fine for gaming.

There exactly the same as an I7 with a slightly slower clock speed, no onboard GPU and no overclocking.

On the plus side there a lot cheaper than an I7, use less power and create less heat.

basically its an I7 for the price of an I5.
 
Deus Ex said:
Could it be a HDD dieing?
Click to expand...

Not a clue :P

I have just formatted my PC this morning and installed the mother board drivers one by one and checking device manager each time. It turns out its the INF file what is installing it. Still don't no don't what it is but I am installing some games now and see how they run as you said. I no one thing though I havnt a HDD installed as its an Sand disk 120GB for main OS and not even put my HDD in yet as putting some games on the SSd as I still enough room for about 3 games or even more. After format and windows and updates installed I had around 77GB free for games etc.
 
Hi. I have just tried MSI Afterburner 4.10 version. I installed my latest game Elite Dangerous and put the graphics on medium at 1080p . Temp was at 69c when running game and on desk top it was 36c. Still stuttering I no this game is only just been made and is getting updated so it might be that as well. But even Euro truck simulator 2 does the same.

I really want to no this as I am thinking of buying a monitor a Benq 27" gaming monitor. Its 144hz 1ms time response. Even if I had still had the monitor at 60 hz would I tell a lot of difference from a Sony TV 32" 60hz?. Also would my graphic card work with this monitor. Thanks.
 
It can not be this simple surly. I can not believe it everything as it was and nothing to do with the whole PC it self. It turned to be the graphic card driver. I installed an old graphic card driver be for I realized it started been slow. I downloaded the 333.21 driver. Uninstalled my old drivers first. Custom installed the older drivers. I didn't install 3d vision ge force experience hd audio drivers. Just the main graphic driver and PhysX. Started elite dangerous and noticed straight away a improvement on start up. I pressed start new game. it loaded up and launched into spaced. All of a sudden no slow downs at all around the space station like it did be for. Can really be that simple this fix?.
 
That's just the title for the device in the driver inf file

XEON Processor E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core Processor DRAM Controller - 0150

so it's a Xeon E3 v2 OR a 3rd Gen Core CPU (i3 / i5 or i7). The motherboard components just share the same or similar device ID. I expect you updated the intel inf driver to a newer version.

Edit: from my 4770T

Intel(R) Xeon(R) processor E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core processor PCI Express x16 Controller - 0C01
 
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