Is Pentium 805 good for games

[Paul_Robson]

Im upgrading a pc for a very good friend and i want to try save them some money.Can you please tell me if the Intel Pentium 4 805 Dual Core "LGA775 Smithfield" 2.66GHz is any good for games.I know it will overclock well. Is it as good as people say, and will it play todays games smoothly(as long as i have a cheap/nice graphic card,like an BFG 6600GT) .Also, what motherboard do you suggest that i get with that chip.Oh, and memory,lol. Thankyou.

 

[Paul_Robson]

I will be getting a conroe for myself They dont play games often though, mainly just read the net, collect emails and do a little bit of printing(arty stuff). They dont want to spend much also, so i was thinking this chip was a cheap alternative.People seem to rate it. What do you think ?

 

[Paul_Robson]

Why what is going on with the x2 3600+. I may even just get an asus board and chuck in an opti 146.My 146 opteron is running at 2.8 GHz at stock volts, and its sooo fast. Edited for the rules !!!!!!!!!!

 

[Paul_Robson]

I edited my post. All i was saying was that i prefer my opti 146 and that im selling my 165. I was not advertising it on here, nor was i offering it to anyone on here. I am moving to conroe soon, So i will sell my opti 165, and build a pc for someone , and they will get my asus a8n32sli with the opti 146 in it. its clocked at 2800mhz, and its running cool.I didnt mean to break the rules or offend anyone.Besides, loads of people have mentioned ebay on here, and even mentioned in posts about hardware that they want to get rid of. But thanks for pointing out the rules to me. I dont want to offend to upset anyone on here, as your all so nice and helpful

 

[Paul_Robson]

I dont think i will be overclocking it that much though, i thought id clock the 805 to about 3.2 ghz. i think im best putting an opti 146 in the pc that im going to build on the cheap for this person and clock it to 2.8 ghz. Thx guys.

 

[Paul_Robson]

Well as normal im on a tight budjet.I know i 6600Gt with run everything quite nicely. They dont play games that much but, dont like the odd game of painkiller or quake 3.Mainly the pc will be used for just surfing the net and collect emails. But you know what some people are like, one minute they just want a net access pc, next they are playing Fear or making granny look 95 instead of 142 with photoshop.I am too used to amd chips that my trouble. I, myself am going to get the conroe 6600 when it comes out.I just was thinking of the 805 as it was only about £80, which is a bargain for a dual core

 

[Paul_Robson]

Is it worth getting conroe then if they are so close.

 

[Paul_Robson]

My opteron 146 clocked at 2.8ghz with a 1 meg cache is playing all my games really well. My pc is faster and smoother too. But i think i will get a conroe 6700 or 6600

 

[Paul_Robson]

Well, i think i will prob build them an opteron 146 system. Its relatively cheap and will play everything nicely. I want to keep on track with the tight budget but i dont want to be caught out, say if they do put a game in and it runs slow or jerky. Like i said, my opti 146 is at 2800mhz , and its running fast and smooth. I get 951 fps in quake 2 which is a cpu dependant game not gpu.When my opti 146 was standard i got 600 fps, so overclocking my cpu by 40% has given my a nice increase in power. As long as my games run smooth and my computer is stable, i will use anything. Ive had AMD for 6 years now, and i think i will change if this conroe 6600 is everything ive read up on

 

[Paul_Robson]

I fully understand what your saying. But, i have noticed that since i clocked my opteron 146 upto 2.80 ghz, my games really do run faster and a lot smoother. This is something i can prove. My vice city even plays much more faster. Ive even put my opteron 165 on ebay, coz im actually getting better results with my opteron 146. Im going to conroe in 2 weeks time, so im finally going back to intel, after 6 years.I would recommend an opti 146 to anyone, my games and my apps run well. I know the stepping of my opteron 165 wasnt the best. I always use Everest to benchark my pc and quake 2 to see how many fps i get. The test on q2 takes 0.8 seconds, that shows my cpu is fully clocked up. I guess every pc and overclock is different.