Im looking to do a final upgrade to my aging P4 system before retiring it to HTPC and folding duties sometime next year when I build a new rig day to day rig.
specs:
-Antec 3000 case 2x120mm fans - 1 front 1 rear, plus 1 internal 80mm fan blowing over RAM and Northbridge on a homebrew bracket.
-P4C HT Northwood 3.06 @ 3.4, stock intel HSF
-intel D865PERL socket 478 mobo
-Antec Trio 550 watt with 2x PCIe 6 pin connectors
-AGP 8x slot - has a nVidia 7600GS 512 MB in it atm
-3 gigs DDR 400 DC RAM
-320 gig SATA 150 / 120 gig IDE drive
-Sony DL DVD burner
-Samsung CDRW (to be replaced with a blu-ray reader later)
-SB audigy 2
-22" Samsung widescreen (1680x1050)
-XP SP3 (but I will put a copy of 32 bit Vista Ultimate that I have on it when it goes to HTPC duties)
what would be a decent match for this? currently getting 200-400 ppd (runs 24/7) with the single core client. I would like to boost it up as it will also run 24/7 as a media PC for years to come (well hopefully anyway). might as well churn out some decent PPD while it runs.
I would like the card to be able to do mild games @ 1650x1050 on my 22" widescreen and later the HDTV so it needs to be a decent game card also (I realize the old P4 will limit it in modern games, Im talking about older stuff like HL2, Doom3 type stuff).
currently thinking about something like an ATI 3650 (512 MB, 120 stream processors) or 3750 (512 MB, 320 stream processors).
would the 3750 and/or the 3650 be overkill with my old skool P4 not being able to drive it folding? what about power consumption? if the 3850 or 3750 will never hit 100% folding and will just sit there sucking power its not worth it, soo...
Im also a bit worried about heat as my old antec 3000 case only has the 2 120 fans (plus the 120 in the antec PSU). I get 45C on the CPU folding right now but what will a nice HOT video card do to those temps?
this is currently the day to day system for the wife and I. will the GPU client bog this poor thing down much? I can put up with a bit of a slow down but not much, the single core client I run now is nice and polite and I dont even notice it, I would prefer the GPU client to act the same.
any suggestions? I picked the ATIs just because Ive had good luck with them in the past but Im open to nVidia also.
*EDIT* please remember, this is an AGP system.
specs:
-Antec 3000 case 2x120mm fans - 1 front 1 rear, plus 1 internal 80mm fan blowing over RAM and Northbridge on a homebrew bracket.
-P4C HT Northwood 3.06 @ 3.4, stock intel HSF
-intel D865PERL socket 478 mobo
-Antec Trio 550 watt with 2x PCIe 6 pin connectors
-AGP 8x slot - has a nVidia 7600GS 512 MB in it atm
-3 gigs DDR 400 DC RAM
-320 gig SATA 150 / 120 gig IDE drive
-Sony DL DVD burner
-Samsung CDRW (to be replaced with a blu-ray reader later)
-SB audigy 2
-22" Samsung widescreen (1680x1050)
-XP SP3 (but I will put a copy of 32 bit Vista Ultimate that I have on it when it goes to HTPC duties)
what would be a decent match for this? currently getting 200-400 ppd (runs 24/7) with the single core client. I would like to boost it up as it will also run 24/7 as a media PC for years to come (well hopefully anyway). might as well churn out some decent PPD while it runs.
I would like the card to be able to do mild games @ 1650x1050 on my 22" widescreen and later the HDTV so it needs to be a decent game card also (I realize the old P4 will limit it in modern games, Im talking about older stuff like HL2, Doom3 type stuff).
currently thinking about something like an ATI 3650 (512 MB, 120 stream processors) or 3750 (512 MB, 320 stream processors).
would the 3750 and/or the 3650 be overkill with my old skool P4 not being able to drive it folding? what about power consumption? if the 3850 or 3750 will never hit 100% folding and will just sit there sucking power its not worth it, soo...
Im also a bit worried about heat as my old antec 3000 case only has the 2 120 fans (plus the 120 in the antec PSU). I get 45C on the CPU folding right now but what will a nice HOT video card do to those temps?
this is currently the day to day system for the wife and I. will the GPU client bog this poor thing down much? I can put up with a bit of a slow down but not much, the single core client I run now is nice and polite and I dont even notice it, I would prefer the GPU client to act the same.
any suggestions? I picked the ATIs just because Ive had good luck with them in the past but Im open to nVidia also.
*EDIT* please remember, this is an AGP system.
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