Start Up & Sleep Problem, considering graphics card upgrade, Leopard?

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I've searched at length for this problem, and as a user rather than a tech have suspicions, rather than certainty.
Have been suffering with my Mac Pro going intermittently to shutdown rather than sleep for a while, I've been living with that. But a new problem has appeared just in the last day or so, I don't necessarily think they are connected, but what do I know?
The new problem is it seems for want of a better term my Pro stalls on start up, it took an hour before it started this morning, its really quite peculiar.
I hit the start button, initial whirring, then stop, the machine appears to be off, but after 10-20secs, it starts again, then immediately stops, and repeat, and repeat. Strangely though, eventually it starts to get further into boot up each time, maybe it gets to the apple logo, and shutdowns, and repeats, and repeats, then OS X loading screen, shutdown, wait 10secs restarts on its own, eventually it gets to the deskstop and shuts down, before running eventually. It started doing this yesterday, thought it might be because I've moved it a couple of times, connecting an ethernet cable, (awkward having the socket on the back!). So I checked everything firmly seated inside, and very carefully hoovered out the dust (although that wasn't bad).
Reset SMC, reset energy saver settings, ran the tech tool for the Apple Care disk, removed all my crucial.com extra ram, and inserted Apple's original heat sunked RAM, no change.
Anyway its running now and as you can imagine if this going to get worse or a hardware component is on its last legs I'm busy burning dvds of important files, its used mainly for video editing, but I reckon 15 dvds ought to get the important business backed up! As I'm going to book it into Apple as its under an Apple Care policy.
This has got me thinking, is it time to get some upgrades at the same time. No matter how much RAM I have installed, and it doesn't appear to use even half of whats onboard, I've struggled with Motion very slow, often crashing, especially when using HD or Pro Res HD video, so much so that I've stuck to Livetype, which is a shame as its limited, and limiting. I notice Livetype has been dropped FCS. If its not the RAM, is it the graphics card? I was thinking of upgrading Ati HD 3870, or better, but I'm unclear if these are only compatible with Leopard 10.5.x, hence considering upgrading to Leopard. And thought I'd get Apple to do the work at the same time.
As to the start up problem, if it were a vehicle I'd be thinking it was damp electrics, and be spraying WD40 to dry it out, I'm not of course, but I'm thinking power supply, or a temperature issue, but as its working when running 4 hours and working nicely now (so long as I don't leave to 'sleep') I can't see it being an overheating issue.
Anyway sorry to go on but thoughts/advice please?
Its business critical machine, as a videographer although I bought this MacBook Pro, from which I'm typing, for just this scenario which I'll use at a pinch.
Message was edited by: Northern Munkee

You may want to just get one utility for now.
At this point, do you need a new graphic card? then you need to upgrade to Leopard. If your software and system won't be a problem regardless of compatibility great, but make sure. Otherwise, Snow Leopard will likely require lots more upgrades and updates.
But maybe doing an upgrade to Leopard and then test the waters with Leopard and Snow L. makes better sense.
Only the "Early, Early" 2006-7 1st Gen Mac Pros can run 10.4.11 (or at least install and officially supported).
The product pages have misleading information but you do need 10.5.7 for the 4870 which is your best graphics upgrade choice. The 3870 came out a year ago and requires 10.5.3+.

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