[chilloutcolin]

Hi I was wondering if it was worth upgrading my graphics card to prolong the gaming life of my crummy pc...I'm looking for something cheap(around the £50-£60 range)...I'm not looking for anything poweful to provide perfect graphics but would like one that can play alot of the newer games(call of duty 4, Assasins creed etc..maybe just even older games like neverwinter nights 2).Am I dreaming or does a card like this exist?..I have really got no Idea whats what...Heres my specs..

AMD Athlon(XP) 2600+
2.00GB of RAM
Nvidia Geforce FX 5200
Windows XP Home edition

Any help appreciated...Colin

[SocialWarfare]

Fastest AGP card is ATI's 3850
Its kinda like pissing in the wind though if you ask me, a full upgrade would be your best option

[Carbon]

I think that's the best way to put it. Upgrading AGP really isn't worth the time.

[everydaygeek]

You can upgrade your card and you would have better graphics of course despite what others have said. Your real problem is going to be your CPU. Even if you had a better graphics card you still couldn't play the games you listed since your CPU is too slow. I have a very simular PC setup to yours so you can trust me on this.

[chilloutcolin]

Yeah to be honest thats what I thought...I was just hoping/deluding myself I could get by on my current system for gaming for a bit longer...Oh well .....I dont have the money for a new system so I'll just have to get by gaming on my PS3....Thanks for the help

[4D(Fordy(Ford) Ollie]

2gig rams not shameful at all, especially not for XP.. at the moment I'm running Vista on 1gig (stupid but I get by.. just)

Why not upgrade the graphics and the CPU? Or is money an issue still?

[chilloutcolin]

yeah i added the 2 gigs myself...it came with only 128mb.....I might do that if I can get some money together(get a job)...Is it hard to change the cpu..graphics card is easy as I've done it b4....Any recomendations on what cpu/graphics card would be good and not massively expensive?

[everydaygeek]

I'm not sure what country everyone is in but a 2.4Ghz Athlon xp cpu goes for a miniunm of $75 US. That doesn't even include shipping. The cost typically isn't worth it and would only open up a few more games. I'd be best to save up some money and get a goog barebones system and recylce your HDD, disc drive, keyboard, mouse and monitor.

[Carbon]

Originally Posted by 4D(Fordy(Ford) Ollie

2gig rams not shameful at all, especially not for XP.. at the moment I'm running Vista on 1gig (stupid but I get by.. just)

Why not upgrade the graphics and the CPU? Or is money an issue still?

If that was an option I would have suggested it: it would require a new motherboard as well, which means new RAM too, which means essentially a brand new system.

This system is equiv. to a P4.

[ilop12]

what speed is the ram? is it ddr1? i agree with everyone. Your best option is to save your money until you have enough to buy a system to your liking. something around a e8400 and a P45 with a 4850 or 4830. are you going to play any games?