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part of the beauty of gaming on a pc as opposed to a console is that it's always
possible to push the limits further whether that's with a higher resolution
monitor exotic peripheral devices or a high-end virtual reality setup
so it shouldn't be surprising that many computer gaming enthusiasts have
wondered if the grass would be greener if they installed a powerful server CPU
in their gaming rig and the idea isn't really that absurd
Intel's xeon lineup for example gets marketed as their top tier and most
reliable processors but the pricing of some models is
comparable to Intel's own desktop counterparts
so is it worth it to take the plunge so you can laugh at your peon friends who
are still gaming on their puny core i5s and ryzen 7s
well to answer we need to examine how
difficult it would be to migrate to a server class processor not only do
server cpus often use very similar if not identical micro architectures to
consumer chips many of them even use the same socket
allowing an upgrade to a xeon or opteron
CPU whether it's officially or unofficially just replace the CPU itself
on your existing motherboard boop
and then after you fire up your machine with its new server class dna
you probably won't even notice a difference in the basic functionality of
your machine that is all your drives memory modules and peripherals should
continue to work as they did but hold on a minute
you've opened up your favorite game and things don't really seem to be any
better your frame rates are about the same and you can't crank the settings up
any higher than you did with your old CPU what gives
well remember how i said that server CPU architectures are very similar to
typical gaming processors this means that core for core clock for
clock performance shouldn't be terribly different from what you're already used
to and in some cases it could even end up being worse
server cpus are designed with stability and power efficiency in mind since they
often power systems that need to be running 24 7 in data centers that have
monthly power bills greater than what you or i make in a year
that is why their cores typically run at
lower clock speeds than desktop cpus
also one of the biggest reasons for buying server processors is to get more
processing course than you can on the desktop but because most games and
desktop applications can't spread their processing load over multiple cores very
well even a server CPU with 20 cores
won't give you a noticeable performance boost in games because it'll often have
lower single threaded speeds making matters worse many server chips
don't support overclocking don't include integrated graphics for
igpu accelerated workloads and troubleshooting and
one of their most desktop applicable features
stability enhancing ecc memory support
drives up the cost of your CPU requires more expensive ecc memory and won't be
utilized by games which isn't to say that you can't game
on a server processor if you find a really good deal on ebay or something so
if this is the case hey pair it with a solid graphics card and have fun
your frame rate might be slightly diminished in some games due to the
lower CPU clocks but if you stream or you screen capture your
gameplay the extra cores could come in handy and of course if you do more than
just game a server CPU is a perfect
choice for virtualization allowing you to run virtual machines in isolated
software environments for running multiple operating systems serving media
to your household or heck even having multiple people run separate gaming
sessions on the same system which we detailed in our two gamers one CPU
project which you can check out up here but getting back to most people if
you're joe gamer looking to max out your FPS there isn't much point in sitting
around coveting a xeon or epic CPU
especially because there are other upgrades that you can make to your
system that would be way more attention grabbing do you ever find yourself
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it's a software tool that allows you to do that with just one keyboard and mouse
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platform with great features like clipboard sharing dragging and dropping
between the computers custom hotkeys and
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