I'm looking to upgrade not sure on parts

crosstalk1

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I am not sure if I should upgrade my Processor, Video Card, or RAM as my computer is having a tough time running new games Like Battlefield 4.

Processor: AMD Athlon X2 Dual Core Processor 5600

Video Card: AMD Radeon 6800 series

and 4.00 GB of RAM
 

jose56wonton

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Well i don't know. I might come close to maxing the ram but i doubt the ram will bottle neck the system. He should just pick up a cheap mobo and an 8320 with some ram I guess, but I thinks that's more than he wants to spend.
 

crosstalk1

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Hey thank you for your answers. So I need to get a better CPU. I also need to grab a new motherboard. My budget is around 500$ so hopefully that should be enough. Do you think the CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB 240-Pin RAM would be good with a new board? Sorry I am pretty new to computer terms and such. Thank you guys again for your answers.
 


On a mid-range card from two generations ago?

The platform upgrade will be a marked improvement, but I would not say as far as Max settings at 1080p on anything intensive. I wish my 3570k and 7970 could handle that at 60FPS.