Am i nuts to consider spending £800 on upgrading from a P4 NW [email protected] to an Opty 170?

[Spudgun]

I currently run a p4 NW [email protected]. on stock volts on a P4C800 Deluxe with 2gb OCZ ram and an X850XTPE.

I have, however, been tempted to spend over £800 on an Opteron 170 and X1900XTX and an ASUS motherboard.

However, as i don't know anyone that runs AMD64 processors i am really hesitant on whether this is a sensible use of cash.

The main use of my PC is games playing, mostly FPS, but with the odd RTS and sports title thrown in. It would be essential for me, however, to run a very, very quiet rig as my current setup is nigh on silent and is full on zalman and silenx components.

If there is anyone out there that has made a similar upgrade is it really worth it?

Many thanks

Spudgun

 

[Spudgun]

Asus A8N32-SLi Deluxe nForce4 SLi X16 (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-118-AS) - This one. I have found my current ASUS board to be very good and have seen decent reviews of this one too

 

[Spudgun]

Thanks for the comments

How easy is it to keep an opteron cool when clocking it? I can run my current p4 clocked at 236fsb on default volts and with a zallam cooler running at 5v, i.e. it is next to silent

 

[Spudgun]

Thanks for all the comments guys, they are really helpful.

Clint, my current graphics card is AGP though, so keeping it isn't an option

 

[Spudgun]

i can't go down the route of the dothan either, as i have the p4c800 deluxe not the -e version.

Currently, i'm thinking that i'll wait for the next games that i can't play at the resolution/quality that i want to (i'm running a Mitsubishi 930sb for the people that asked previously) and then upgrading. The only game i've really had to sacrifice detail on so far is FEAR, but with my next 2 games purchases likely to be the new star wars and LOTR RTS games i am going to see how they run