I was wondering what I should upgrade on my system so i can start playing PC games again. I am wanting to play mostly FPS games, but also want to try out DC Universe but I want to spend less than $200.
My currents system:
MoBo: MSI 7260 NVidia nForce 550
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+
RAM: 4 gigs DDR2
Graphics Card: ATI Radeon HD 2400 Pro
I know the graphics card is sucky, it is replacing my nVidia 8600gt xxx edition, the caps popped on it. I am wanting to replace it first. I use a dual screen setup.
Thinking of getting this: MSI N460GTX Twin Frozr II SOC GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) 768MB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127519&cm_re=NVIDIA_GeForce_GTX_460_768MB-_-14-127-519-_-Product
has great reviews, I am just so lost when it comes to specs, though. It only has 768 MG of RAM, wouldn't a 1Gig card be better? I would love to stay within that price range so I can also get my daughter a used Nintendo DS from Craigslist.
Keep in mind, I only have on pci express slot.
PS. If anyone knows, what is the best CPU I could put in my system with the current MoBo?
My currents system:
MoBo: MSI 7260 NVidia nForce 550
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+
RAM: 4 gigs DDR2
Graphics Card: ATI Radeon HD 2400 Pro
I know the graphics card is sucky, it is replacing my nVidia 8600gt xxx edition, the caps popped on it. I am wanting to replace it first. I use a dual screen setup.
Thinking of getting this: MSI N460GTX Twin Frozr II SOC GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) 768MB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127519&cm_re=NVIDIA_GeForce_GTX_460_768MB-_-14-127-519-_-Product
has great reviews, I am just so lost when it comes to specs, though. It only has 768 MG of RAM, wouldn't a 1Gig card be better? I would love to stay within that price range so I can also get my daughter a used Nintendo DS from Craigslist.
Keep in mind, I only have on pci express slot.
PS. If anyone knows, what is the best CPU I could put in my system with the current MoBo?