Need opinions please

[maskingtape]

First of all i just want to say hello! i've been reading the forums for a while now but only decided to join now so this is my first post!

My x850xt went poof about a week ago which was a major bummer as the only other card i have is a 4mb matro millenium 2 PCI card lol. Since i've been with ATi ever since crossing over from nvidia about 6 years ago so i decided to opt for an x1800xt this time round. I also decided to upgrade my cpu from a AMD 64 3500 venice core to a dual core 4400 and get another gig of ram so i will have 2 gig running in dual channel

What i want to know is will i see a huge difference between the x850xt and the x1800xt playing say Half life 2 and counter strike source at 1280 by 1024 with AA and AF etc on to a decent level and other games such as fear etc and will my processor help increase FPS in games compared to my old processor. Bit of a nooby question but since i know by reading some posts on here there are some people who own an x1800xt and could possibly let me know their opinions. Also i'm not really into overclocking so would just like to know if these upgrades would help under normal working conditions.

 

[Munky]

In HL2 and CS there wont be much difference because neither card is stressed much by those games. But newer games like FEAR are much more demanding on the video card, so you should see a big improvement. The dual core cpu and 2 gigs of mem only help in a few current games, but as newer games start using dual cores and more mem, you will benefit from those also.