Hi,
Due to the imminent release of BF3, I have swapped rigs around my house. My XPS420 + HD 6850 will now be my gaming rig and I would like to see if I can get my other very old 5 yr rig playing 1080P movies at full res in my cinema room. (Note I only ever really played BF2 on my old rig!!)
The old rig has the following spec currently:-
Chaintech SK8T800 mobo (AGP slot)
2GB RAM
Athlon 64 3400+
Radeon 9800 Pro
400W PSU
I wondered if I put a HD 3650 AGP or a HD 3850 AGP in it, then would it play full 1080P mkvs / blu rays etc smoothly? A 3650 AGP is only about £40 so would be a very cheap solution rather than buying a whole raft of new components +/or a newer rig. I just dont know if the GPU would take the strain off what is clearly a poor CPU by today's standards.
Not sure if I would need some extra juice in the PSU either??
Done some Googling, cant find anyone with this setup who wants it solely for this purpose. Not interested in gaming on it at all anymore.
Any help, opinions or advice would be greatly appreciated.
Lee
Due to the imminent release of BF3, I have swapped rigs around my house. My XPS420 + HD 6850 will now be my gaming rig and I would like to see if I can get my other very old 5 yr rig playing 1080P movies at full res in my cinema room. (Note I only ever really played BF2 on my old rig!!)
The old rig has the following spec currently:-
Chaintech SK8T800 mobo (AGP slot)
2GB RAM
Athlon 64 3400+
Radeon 9800 Pro
400W PSU
I wondered if I put a HD 3650 AGP or a HD 3850 AGP in it, then would it play full 1080P mkvs / blu rays etc smoothly? A 3650 AGP is only about £40 so would be a very cheap solution rather than buying a whole raft of new components +/or a newer rig. I just dont know if the GPU would take the strain off what is clearly a poor CPU by today's standards.
Not sure if I would need some extra juice in the PSU either??
Done some Googling, cant find anyone with this setup who wants it solely for this purpose. Not interested in gaming on it at all anymore.
Any help, opinions or advice would be greatly appreciated.
Lee