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Xeon upgrade question

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opuntia

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Interesting question for the folks here....my current work PC is a Dell Precision 670 with a Xeon "Cranford" processor running at 3.0ghz. Every new fiscal year we get in about 40 new pc's to upgrade existing ones. I have the option right now to upgrade to a Xeon 5060 which, from what I can figure, is really a dual core Intel "Presler" Pentium Extreme Edition, or I can wait a year for the next upgrades, knowing that I can do no worse, but probably get a much better "core 2 duo" version of the Xeon.

So, my question is, what kind of performance improvement should I see? And, should I upgrade now, or wait a year for the next round of new PC's at my work?
 
u could get the xeon 51xx series.Those are the core 2 duo versions and perform a whole lot better and consumes a lot less power.
Or if u wait a while longer u'll get xeon 53xx series chips which are quad-core.(they will be a lot more expensive without a doubt) but depending on the kinda of apps u use it could be useful.
 
Anyone know where the Xeon 30xx series (LGA775) are being sold online at Canadian retailers? both pccanada and NCIX don't have them listed sigh. Are they even available?
 
Wait for the Xeon 53xx (Cloverton) series. It is just a repackaged Socket 771, Kentsfield but it should be a great performer. Especially if you get 2 of them 🙂
 
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