Pentoum D to Core 2 Duo

[Pearson1700]

Hello,I have a Dell Dimension 9150 with:
3.00Ghz Pentium D
4GB DDR2 RAM (3.25Gb as Windows is 32bit)
Nvidia (Zotac) Geforce GT220 (1GB)

Would I be able to upgrade my processor to a Core 2 Duo as the Pentium D is getting old and slow meaning newly released games do not support it anymore 🙁

Thanks

 

[J_E_D_70]

I'd say that the core2 duo is old and slow and newly released games don't play well with it

I just upgraded from a C2D 2.66 because it couldn't run BF3 well even on low (at 1080).

I'd check the Dell site to see how far you can upgrade (there are sometimes BIOS limitations).

 

[americanbrian]

It should do any dual core with up to a 1066Mhz FSB from the core 2 range.

 

[J_E_D_70]

Should, but again check with Dell. My MSI mobo never got a BIOS update to support the die-shrunk Duos so I was stuck in first-gen.