Is an AMD 4850 too much card for a socket 939 system?

As the title says, I'm looking to upgrade the graphics card on a socket 939 board and processor.

System specs are:

AMD Athlon 64 3800X2 - 2.0 Ghz
4 GB Corsair PC 3200 RAM - 400Mhz, timing 3.3.3.8
Motherboard - Nforce 4 SLi Edition (http://www.motherboards.org/reviews/motherboards/1565_1.html)
PSU - Antec 650W (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371011)


I'd like to overclock the processor to 2.4 Ghz, to get the most out of this system. Does anyone know if an AMD 4850 would be too much card here? Would the rest of my system bottleneck it's power? I've heard that this setup can run an 8800GTS, but if this rig can handle more, for the price, I'd drop in a 4850. Thoughts?

I have a 3800x2 @ 2360mhz. If I didn't already get a 8800gs I would have gotten the 4850. For 150 bones it will play almost all games at full eye candy. I would get it and then take it with you to your next system and then go sli. Your system is going to be a bottleneck for the card but who cares.

I would get it!

Hey thanks for all the replies.

Monitor is a single 20" Acer at 1680 x 1050

My only problem with doing this, is I've been in similar situations before. Technology changes so fast that I don't really believe in future proofing any more. I'm into MMO's so I'm just looking to play Warhammer Online without a hitch when it comes out. By the time I move on to a new chipset and full system upgrade, the 4850's will probably be just a footnote in history.

I may actually end up going with the cheaper 8800GT if it's going to bottleneck anyway.

4850 is just fine,
it all depends on the game. things like Flight sim will struggle but things like Crysis are not going to make a big difference if you got a new cpu

Well, I'm running an AMD 4850e (the 2.5ghz 45W CPU) and an ATI 4870 until the next wave of AM2+ CPU's come out. It may bench like garbage in 3dmark06, but runs silky smooth and beautiful in every game I've thrown at it so far. There aren't really that many games that are processor heavy these days, though there are notable examples (FSX). You'd be surprised with what you can get away with as far as lower end CPU's and today's games.

I'd go for the 4850. At ~$150 after rebates, it's well worth any cash over an 8800GT. It's a little more future-proof with DX10.1.

I say go for it and spend a few more bucks and get the fastest 939 cpu off ebay

**edit**

I just checked a few prices on the old 939's.. man they are expensive.... nevermind on that, but I would still get the card. Better to have to much gpu power than less for about the same money (ex 8800GT)

I say go for it as well. I've just bought an Opteron 165, OC'ed it to 2.8 GHz. Next on the list is the 4850.

As a die hard socket 939 owner, get the 4850. It may not run at it's fullest potential, but I do not believe there is any processor out there that can run these new cards to their full potential. However, you will get a really nice performance improvement and you can do things with the 4850 you would not be able to do with a 8800GT. Get the 4850, and if you do decide in the next 6 months or year to upgrade, you have a really nice GPU to carry over to your build, maybe even get another and go Crossfire at that time. How can you lose?

Hey, I just wanted to stop back in and say thanks again to everyone for all the great advice. I'll probably wait until around October to upgrade and see where prices are then, but it's good to know that the 939 processor won't completely limit the newer cards (even 8800GT). It's a nice feeling knowing I'll be pushing this system to it's limits. Thanks again.