Need Advice

[lonewlf]

Hi..this is my current system..take a look:

Intel Pentium D 2.67Ghz
Intel D945GTP Motherboard
2Gb DDR2 PC2 4200 Memory
Radeon X1300 Video Card

Now This is my question..
If I upgrade the Video Card to xfx ati 4850 which has 1gb gddr3 memory and is around $130 canadian and upgrade the memory to 4Gb..will this computer be able to play current games and upcoming..

please do let me know what to upgrade on this computer..hope to hear from you guys soon..

I only have a 400watt power supply..will this work if i get the new video card? or will i have to upgrade the power supply also

 

[successful_troll]

You need to buy a new cpu your Pentium D 2.67Ghz is very crappy.

 

[lonewlf]

what do you guys mean by bottle neck?

 

[ig neap]

i think he means by "bottleneck" is your cpu will be just able to run new games with Pentium d

 

[renz496]

what do you guys mean by bottle neck?

it means that your CPU will hold back the GPU real performance.to eliminate this bottleneck issue either overclock the CPU or upgrade the CPU with better one. correct me if i'm wrong