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Ok so the current hardware I have right now is this.

Windows XP 32 Bit

AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819103773

EVGA GeForce 8800GTS 640 MB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814130080

G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820231114

EVGA 122-M2-NF59-TR AM2 NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI MCP ATX AMD Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813188016

Maxtor 6L200M0

Thermaltake Toughpower W0128RU 650W ATX12V / EPS12V
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817153040

And im looking to replace some of the parts with this.

Windows Vista home 64-bit
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6832116488

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz 2 x 4MB L2 Cache LGA 775
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819115017

MSI R4850-512M Radeon HD 4850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814127370

G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820231166

ASUS P5Q Pro LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131299

So does this look like a good setup to upgrade it with. Trying to make sure I dont get anything thats a waste of money.

Thanks for your help.

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seems like pretty small upgrades without much actual benefits. Is your old system having any problems ?

Reply to dirtmountain

^+1.

Getting 2*2GB (+ the old 2*1GB) on Vista x64 would help. Don't upgrade unless you have to.

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Well the reason im asking is because I've looked my setup on 3dmark 06 scores and its almost 14000 lower then the setup i listed which seems like a very significant difference to me.

Reply to Anonymous

^ Don't base it just on scores. Base it on if you can play the games you want to or not.

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Reply to Shadow703793

Well I've been playing mostly TF2 and WoW recently which im definently overkill for.

But when i tried Crysis i could only do maybe low mediums on 1280x1024 which isnt how I like.

And Warhammer Is coming soon and since it will have some 150+ people on screen at once I know my current rig cant handle that without getting 5 fps out of it.

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^ Nothing can really play Crysis at really high res.

Imo, upgrade CPU + motherboard first and then decide on the GPU upgrade if you MUST upgrade.

My recommendations:
E8400 (OCed to 3.6Ghz+)
P45-DS3L

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