Upgrading

[viruz]

Hey people of Truckpol,

As you all know christmas is around the corner. I am hoping to get 200Pounds between my birthday and christmas, and I was hoping to upgrade my terrible machine (: Here are my specs -

Manufacturer: Acer

Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+, MMX, 3DNow (2 CPUs), ~2.0GHz

Memory: 768MB RAM

Hard Drive: 164 GB

Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 6100 nForce 405



Sound Card: Realtek HD Audio output

Operating System:
Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3 (2600.xpsp_sp3_qfe.090206-1316)


I want to buy a new Graphics card and maybe a new processor, but really I just want to play my games on good detail without lag.

Games I play -

Euro Truck Simulator
18WoS Extreme Trucker
RuneScape
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

Basically they all lag ( apart from RuneScape )

Please post your recomendations.


Thanks,

SpooNz

[ArcticWolf]

Well i agree with the video card changing.... the processor you can change if you want. But i think you might find more performance getting more computer memory. 768 megs isn't a heck of alot when most systems these days have 2gigs minimum but usually have 4 gigs.

[viruz]

Okay thanks, any recommended graphics cards that would be compatible with my PC and would play my games smooth?

[Tom Sawyer]

Well it depends of the slot you have in

[Zenith]

whats the model of your Mother board?

[viruz]

I have no idea. How can I check?

[TheWolf]

Download CPU-Z to check which motherboard you have, and all other specs of your computer:

www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php

[viruz]

Okay, thank you.


EDIT:

According to CPU-Z -

Model - EM61SM/EM61PM

[hellomoto]

Depending on what socket your motherboard has, you will only be able to house a certain processor. Try and aim for a quad core processor (4 CPUs) and maybe a 8-9 series Nvidia card then get some more RAM in there you should be running fine Also, make sure you have good airflow in the PC otherwise components will overheat !

[viruz]

This thread can be locked. Bought a new PC