I built my system 2 years ago, and would like to do a minor 'stopgap' upgrade to get me by for another year or so, when I plan to take the Vista/DX10/Dual core plunge....my budget is extremely limited right now, or I'd go ahead and dive in! I'm planning to spend no more than 200 bucks at this time. I use my system mostly for gaming, and have noticed that some of the newer games are running pretty badly even on low settings...e.g. played in the LOTRO beta this weekend and my system was just grinding away.
My current specs:
ASUS A8VDeluxe (socket 939,AGP) mobo
Athlon 64 3000+ cpu
1gb (2 x 512mb) ram
nvidia geforce 6800 (vanilla) gpu
My question is this: given my $200 budget, which component(s) should I upgrade? I know, I know, they're all pretty bad, but I'd like to know with what I can see the most bang for my limited buck. Should I get a new CPU? If so, which sort? Like I said, I pretty much use my system only tto game. Or should I spend my money on a, say, geforce 7800GS gpu?? Or would just adding another gig of memory help best?
Thanks for any advice!
My current specs:
ASUS A8VDeluxe (socket 939,AGP) mobo
Athlon 64 3000+ cpu
1gb (2 x 512mb) ram
nvidia geforce 6800 (vanilla) gpu
My question is this: given my $200 budget, which component(s) should I upgrade? I know, I know, they're all pretty bad, but I'd like to know with what I can see the most bang for my limited buck. Should I get a new CPU? If so, which sort? Like I said, I pretty much use my system only tto game. Or should I spend my money on a, say, geforce 7800GS gpu?? Or would just adding another gig of memory help best?
Thanks for any advice!