upgrade needed

[armanguy]

Need to upgrade my comp for nex gen gaming what should i get?

heres a pic:

 

[hneaz]

u need another 512　mb stick or maybe have　2 gig of ram. btw,what gfx are u using?

 

[xombine]

At least a gig of RAM is needed. But really, for next gen, 2 GB is the way to go. Yeah like hneaz said, what vid card?

 

[SubKamran]

Er, CPU is fine... I'm running that.

1GB or 2GB of RAM is a good upgrade... DDR400.

And of course, the biggest upgrade you could make with gaming is, surprise, video card.

A GeForce 7800GT would be a good upgrade if you plan to use SLi eventually with it (SLi is two video cards connected together, but only available on certain motherboards).

I'd imagine your motherboard has PCI-express slots? If not, you need to upgrade. I'd recommend a Asus A8N-SLI or a Gigabyte board with PCI-e and SLi compatibility.

 

[armanguy]

NIVIDA Geforce fx 5200

 

[Qonfused]

I suggest the ASUS A8N-SLi Premium. I'm running on of those, awesome board.

As for upgrades, more RAM, for sure. Also, a 7800GT will do you good.

Edit: Ouch. Yeah get a 7800GT (eVGA or XFX, I recommend). That 5200 is going to go nowhere. It's pretty much obsolete as it is.

 

[armanguy]

is that the besst video card out now?

 

[JNightshade]

Pretty much. I'm not sure how the X1800 compares, but I've heard it said that the 7800 is better. I'm running an X800 XT right now, and I love it, but obviously you can do much better than that these days.

 

[armanguy]

good to know

 

[Asus]

7800GT is the best performance/price.
The X1800 model that competes with it is a little slower on average. (not by much)
The X1800XT (512MB) though is the top dog for available cards for more money. It's better than the 7800GTX 256mb which is about the same price.

Nvidia does have one card out better (7800GTX 512MB) although it is basicly...not available just like ATI's last card (X800XT PE) was.

 

[JNightshade]

yeah... even though I got one .