should i upgrade?

[kalvinj]

i have a p5Q pro...
8800gt
E6750 water cooled.

should i upgrade to
Ati 4850


my 8800gt runs very hot i added a water to it and didn't work very well then the seal broke. on the heat sink damaged my mother board... so i upgraded to a P5Q Pro...

now when playing wow it laggs and freezes... i rma'ed the 8800gt
i don't oc i just enjoy low temps...

i have a 600w OCZ StealthXGame i think thats what its called lol
would it be worth it or should i stick with the 8800gt

i was also thinking about upgrading the CPU to a Q9450 not to sure if it will be anything major...

 

[DSF]

It wasn't really necessary to post this in two places.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Go with the 4870 or 4850

 

[kalvinj]

i ordered a HIS HD 4870
damn beat out a 260 in a few places so it was good enough for me since the nvidia boards always have so many problems i can save up for the other 4870 later
thx again for the advice

 

[kalvinj]

oh and that mb i have runs really hot like at 50 degrees right now lol know of any way i can cool it does a Swiftech MCW30 Chipset Waterblock fit on that board?

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Your Asus P5Q Pro is running hot?

On my 8400 machine, I placed an 80mm fan on top of the V.card facing the North Bridge and it keeps that cool, the rest of the mobo, I've never really worried about.

 

[kalvinj]

yes its running hot i guess i my old kandalf rad and fans aren't getting enough air flow to it so i'm changin them