gpu upgrade

[jasonalwaysready]

I was looking to upgrade my current 4870 gpu to a 6850. It's my understanding that this actually draws less watts so the psu should be fine, but will the rest of my system handle it?

thanks,

Intel Q6600 @ 3Ghz
ASUS P5K-E/WIFI-AP
Corsair 550VX
250gb Seagate Barracuda
1Tb WD Caviar Green
2Tb WD Caviar Green
4gb DDR2 G.Skill 1066
XFX Radeon 4870

 

[patonb]

That should be no issue at all.

 

[jasonalwaysready]

the motherboard says that it is pcie x16, not pcie 2.0 x16. Newegg.com - ASUS P5K-E/WIFI-AP LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard

will that mean the card wont throughput as much?

 

[patonb]

Yha, that won't even bother it at all. And cards are all Backwards cmpatible.

Funny enough, the difference between x8 and x16 speeds is 3 to 8 fps.