girlgeek19
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Someone gave me a desktop for free and I'm interested in [attempting] to upgrade it so that it can handle modern games. Some of the games I would like to be able to play are Assassin's Creed, Halo (1,2,3), COD (4,5), and the Sims 3. What I'm wondering is if by the time I get done buying new parts for my existing system, will I have been better off just buying a new prebuilt system?
CURRENT HARDWARE:
Motherboard:
CPU Type AMD Athlon XP, 1600 MHz (12 x 133) 1900+
Motherboard Name Asus A7V8X (6 PCI, 1 AGP, 3 DDR DIMM)
Motherboard Chipset VIA VT8377 Apollo KT400
System Memory
Display:
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900XT (Microsoft Corporation) (128 MB)
3D Accelerator nVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 XT
Storage:
IDE Controller VIA Bus Master IDE Controller
Floppy Drive Floppy disk drive
Disk Drive MAXTOR 4K060H3 (60 GB, 5400 RPM, Ultra-ATA/100)
Optical Drive Memorex DVD16+/-DL4RWlD2 (DVD+R9:4x, DVD+RW:16x/8x, DVD-RW:16x/6x, DVD-ROM:16x, CD:48x/24x/48x DVD+RW/DVD-RW)
Optical Drive VERBATIM 401248AL (40x/12x/48x CD-RW)
SMART Hard Disks Status OK
I just copy and pasted fom an Everest report. Sorry if I sound clueless. (Which I unfortunately am. I'm trying to learn.)
Thanks in advance!
CURRENT HARDWARE:
Motherboard:
CPU Type AMD Athlon XP, 1600 MHz (12 x 133) 1900+
Motherboard Name Asus A7V8X (6 PCI, 1 AGP, 3 DDR DIMM)
Motherboard Chipset VIA VT8377 Apollo KT400
System Memory
Display:
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900XT (Microsoft Corporation) (128 MB)
3D Accelerator nVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 XT
Storage:
IDE Controller VIA Bus Master IDE Controller
Floppy Drive Floppy disk drive
Disk Drive MAXTOR 4K060H3 (60 GB, 5400 RPM, Ultra-ATA/100)
Optical Drive Memorex DVD16+/-DL4RWlD2 (DVD+R9:4x, DVD+RW:16x/8x, DVD-RW:16x/6x, DVD-ROM:16x, CD:48x/24x/48x DVD+RW/DVD-RW)
Optical Drive VERBATIM 401248AL (40x/12x/48x CD-RW)
SMART Hard Disks Status OK
I just copy and pasted fom an Everest report. Sorry if I sound clueless. (Which I unfortunately am. I'm trying to learn.)
Thanks in advance!