Thinking about upgrading my computer, suggestions?

[Metroid4593]

Currently I have:

OS: Windows XP SP2
Video Card: GeForce 7300 LE
CPU: 2.66 GHz
1 Gig RAM

I was wondering what I could get to run something like Crysis on high to medium high settings. I think I'm going to get another gig of RAM, but what would be a good video card, and should I upgrade to Vista? Thanks in advance.

[kenney001]

Currently I have:

OS: Windows XP SP2
Video Card: GeForce 7300 LE
CPU: 2.66 GHz
1 Gig RAM

I was wondering what I could get to run something like Crysis on high to medium high settings. I think I'm going to get another gig of RAM, but what would be a good video card, and should I upgrade to Vista? Thanks in advance.

What is your price range?

what processor are you running? 2.66Ghz isnt bad, but its not good. Deffinately get a new GFX card, and another gig of ram would work. As to the vista: no, stick with XP for a while until games become vista only.

[Metroid4593]

What is your price range?

Right now, around $200-ish, not too much. I'm looking at this (http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/products/Games/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=29&sku=A1350998) video card, what else would be good?

[Patrickssj6]

Ghz doesn't mean anything.

500HP sound much...but not if the car weights 5000 tons.

[Mr Buckshot]

2.66Ghz...if it's a Core 2 Duo, then his processor is absolute ownage. If it's a Pentium 4, Celeron, or Pentium D, then an upgrade is recommended. Ghz ratings for the new C2Ds and Athlon processors should not be interpreted the same way that Pentium 4's Ghz ratings are.

Your video card (7300 LE) can run all games, but it'll struggle with Crysis. I recommend a Nvidia Geforce 8600 GTS or an ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT if your price range cannot be above $150-$200. If your price range can be at least $250...say hello to the Nvidia Geforce 8800 GT, which is good bang for the buck.

[343guiltymc]

2.66Ghz...if it's a Core 2 Duo, then his processor is absolute ownage. If it's a Pentium 4, Celeron, or Pentium D, then an upgrade is recommended. Ghz ratings for the new C2Ds and Athlon processors should not be interpreted the same way that Pentium 4's Ghz ratings are.

Your video card (7300 LE) can run all games, but it'll struggle with Crysis. I recommend a Nvidia Geforce 8600 GTS or an ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT if your price range cannot be above $150-$200. If your price range can be at least $250...say hello to the Nvidia Geforce 8800 GT, which is good bang for the buck.
I hope you mean barely handle all games, because my X1300 PRO can barely play any modern game beyond medium, besides HL2: EP2.

[Mr Buckshot]

When I mean run all games, I mean that the game will install, the game will launch, and you can actually play the game. The same cannot be said of Intel video cards.

So what I meant is that the Nvidia Geforce 7300 LE can RUN all games, but many high-end games will have poor framerates unless you seriously tone down the settings and make them look like crap. Even Halo 1 will only get around 30-60 fps at 1024x768.

[paladin]

I was wondering what I could get to run something like Crysis on high to medium high settings.

Good luck! all I have to say is YEAH right!:XD:

You would have to do some serious upgrading to run Crysis on med-high. I can barely run it on full specs with a Q6600, 4 gigs RAM, and two 8600 GTS

[Mr Buckshot]

On lower settings, Crysis looks as good as Far Cry. You'll be missing a lot if you run Crysis on lower settings, but at least the game will still look good enough to qualify as next-gen. Even then, Crysis's most prominent feature is its graphics, so I recommend at least a Geforce 8800 GT to get even 20-something fps on high settings. In that case, you'll be paying at least $250, not including tax/shipping.