Hey all..I'm in sort of a tech dilemma here. I'm a big gamer..games I'm currently playing are BattleField Vietnam and Far Cry..I have pretty low FPS on both games and have to run my in game settings pretty low in order for them to run anywhere near playable at all. I'm consider an upgrade but I'm not sure which direction to go. Sys specs are..
P4 1.6Ghz on Aopen MX4B Mobo with 400Mhz fsb.
Geforce FX 5600XT 128 MB Graphics card.
1Gb DDR pc2700 RAM.
I know my Vid card and CPU+Mobo are a bit dated but I'm just not sure if I would be wiser to put money into a high end Video Card..Geforce FX 5900 or Radeon 9800 Pro, or if I should put the money into a new Motherboard+CPU Combo. Everywhere I go to ask at retail stores it seems like they always try and sway me to buy whatever is the more expensive of the two and I'm not sure if I'm getting legitimate advice or not from them. Any help on this matter will be greatly appreciated..Thx in advance all!!
P4 1.6Ghz on Aopen MX4B Mobo with 400Mhz fsb.
Geforce FX 5600XT 128 MB Graphics card.
1Gb DDR pc2700 RAM.
I know my Vid card and CPU+Mobo are a bit dated but I'm just not sure if I would be wiser to put money into a high end Video Card..Geforce FX 5900 or Radeon 9800 Pro, or if I should put the money into a new Motherboard+CPU Combo. Everywhere I go to ask at retail stores it seems like they always try and sway me to buy whatever is the more expensive of the two and I'm not sure if I'm getting legitimate advice or not from them. Any help on this matter will be greatly appreciated..Thx in advance all!!