Upgrade or buy a new PC

[Jarvo]

Hi,

 

I recently upgraded my PC by 2gbs of ram. It seems to run a bit faster but not as fast as I thought it might have. My specs are;

 

Windows xp

AMD Athlon 64 processor 3700+, MMX, 3d Now,. 2.2GHZ

3006mb ram

ATI Radeon Xpress 200 series - graphics card

MSI AMETHYST-M 1.0 - motherboard

 

I was wondering if I could upgrade this even more so I can play games at good speeds and good graphics and what I would need to spend and buy to achive this. Or would it just be worth buying a new one. I'd rather upgrade this one if its cheaper :)

 

If you need anymore info just ask.

 

Thanks

[Tootech]

Hi,

 

I'm not a gamer so I can't offer any guide as to what games will run at what res on what system, but I can tell you that your board will take up to a 4000+ CPU, which isn't much faster than you have, and also it is a Socket 939 board which is getting on now.

 

Being Windows XP it should be reasonably speedy, and you could add a video card say like a GT200 to give you some more video grunt.

 

Is it worth it? Don't spend too much on it, is what I think.

 

Post your gaming wishes and someone should be able to help you further.

[Jarvo]

Hi,

 

I'm not a gamer so I can't offer any guide as to what games will run at what res on what system, but I can tell you that your board will take up to a 4000+ CPU, which isn't much faster than you have, and also it is a Socket 939 board which is getting on now.

 

Being Windows XP it should be reasonably speedy, and you could add a video card say like a GT200 to give you some more video grunt.

 

Is it worth it? Don't spend too much on it, is what I think.

 

Post your gaming wishes and someone should be able to help you further.

 

Where would the best place be to buy that video card, and how much would it cost?

 

I want to play games such as Total War, football manager etc.

[kevh]

Hi Jarvo

 

You also need to check Power supply type and size ,and if mobo has pci x16 slot or older AGP slot.

 

I would guess a newer GPU would do a reasonable job on that syatem but nothing like a new modern system.

 

 

Cheers Kev:cool: