Is 3870XT a decent upgrade?

[Tricky]

Hi
My current graphics card (X800 XL) is really sluggish with recent games so I have been looking out for a replacement less than £150 and the 3870XT took my eye.
I just wanted to post up my spec and see if you can forsee any problems.

Monitor resloution: 1280 x 1024.
Power supply: Enermax EG495AX-VE
Voltage Rail +3.3V (32A) +5V (32A) +12V(1) (18A) +12V(2) (18A) -12V (.8A) -5Vsb (2.5A) 12VTot (32A) Power 485W
Opteron 185 at stock
1Gig DDR ram
DFI-Lanparty UT Ultra-D nF4
Ati X800 XL 256MB
2 DVD drives, 2 SATA hard drives.

I know my motherboard is PCI-E 1.0 but I'm assuming 2.0 is backwards compatible?
What do you think of the proposed upgrade then?
Thanks
T

 

[Tute]

I don't see you having any problems, it's a good make of PSU with good efficiency.

 

[Minstadave]

No problems at all with that PSU.

 

[Tricky]

Hi
Thanks for your help.
I'm assuming I'll see a nice peformance boost with the 3870XT over the X800XL?
My card is too old for it to appear in review benchmarks along with the newer cards.
Ta
T

 

[muon]

I'm assuming I'll see a nice peformance boost with the 3870XT over the X800XL?

 

[gurusan]

It will be a massive performance boost....in fact you might even become CPU limited in some games.

OC your opty !

 

[gt_junkie]

Very nice upgrade - it's miles faster than that x800.

gt

 

[titaniumx3]

Might as well get an extra gig of ram (preferably 2x1gb) while your at it.

 

[MoD_Callidus]

DFI-Lanparty UT Ultra-D nF4 with 1Gig DDR ram plus Opteron 185 at stock = slap on wrists !!!

2 x 1gb of decent ram is not cheap these days I really wouldn't bother with upgrading

your Ultra-D could fetch £50+, then the Opteron 185 would rake in another £150, ram won't fetch much maybe £25 depending upon brand spec etc


then kindly deposit £190.60 into your friendly ocuk account and ask for the following

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-072-OC

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-101-GI

2 x of these giving 4GB ( not essential but daft not to at this price ) http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-171-IN

this would leave around £35 in pocket and would tie in very nicely with the 3870.

*disclaimer* I know nowt about Intel I'm in the green camp atm so more than likely comeone more knowledgable could spec it better

 

[Tricky]

Cheers for your replies.
I seem to upgrade my PC every couple of years and drop out of the PC scene when it's built, so my knowledge is limited.
MoD_Callidus thanks for muddying the water dude.
I was trying to avoid the whole new build scenario. For no reason really except it would be nice to actually upgrade a few parts for a change rather than all old for new again.
More food for thought.
Thanks
T