Soldato
Hello all from a newbie 
Hope this is the correct section - apologies if not.
Built my pc 6 years ago - Asus A8N SLi Deluxe mobo Athlon FX55+ processor o/c to 2880MHz - 2Gb DDR400 ram - Aelous 7800GTX 256Mb GPU all housed in a nice CoolerMaster Preatorian case + 460w psu and a sataII HDD - quite a decent spec for 6 years ago
I purchased GTAIV for the PC when it came out, only to find that it will only run on a multicore cpu.
I'm looking to upgrade the mobo/cpu/gpu/ram for something a bit more pokey. I'd like to retain the case, psu and hdd if at all possible, to keep the cost down.
I used to have a decent knowledge of the kit, but not any more! What would be a decent spec for not a lot of cash (made redundant a few months ago, just had a kiddie etc etc). I also use the pc for photo editing (Photoshop) plus some limited dtp work (QuarkXPress), XP o/s with Openoffice and Firefox/Thunderbird.
I'm really only upgrading so as I can play GTAIV
as my pc is more than capable for the application software, but it does sometimes lack on the game front (I can play Halflife2 ep 2 on quite high settings with not too many issues, but it can be a bit stuttery on F.E.A.R.2 unless I turn the options down) & I don't often purchase games, but like a good experience when I do.
Money wise, I suppose I could stretch to £400. What kind of stuff should I be looking at, and would I really get any noticeable gains over my current setup?
Sorry for the long and rambling post - I look forward to your replies!
Thanks
Tim
Hope this is the correct section - apologies if not.
Built my pc 6 years ago - Asus A8N SLi Deluxe mobo Athlon FX55+ processor o/c to 2880MHz - 2Gb DDR400 ram - Aelous 7800GTX 256Mb GPU all housed in a nice CoolerMaster Preatorian case + 460w psu and a sataII HDD - quite a decent spec for 6 years ago
I purchased GTAIV for the PC when it came out, only to find that it will only run on a multicore cpu.
I'm looking to upgrade the mobo/cpu/gpu/ram for something a bit more pokey. I'd like to retain the case, psu and hdd if at all possible, to keep the cost down.
I used to have a decent knowledge of the kit, but not any more! What would be a decent spec for not a lot of cash (made redundant a few months ago, just had a kiddie etc etc). I also use the pc for photo editing (Photoshop) plus some limited dtp work (QuarkXPress), XP o/s with Openoffice and Firefox/Thunderbird.
I'm really only upgrading so as I can play GTAIV
as my pc is more than capable for the application software, but it does sometimes lack on the game front (I can play Halflife2 ep 2 on quite high settings with not too many issues, but it can be a bit stuttery on F.E.A.R.2 unless I turn the options down) & I don't often purchase games, but like a good experience when I do.Money wise, I suppose I could stretch to £400. What kind of stuff should I be looking at, and would I really get any noticeable gains over my current setup?
Sorry for the long and rambling post - I look forward to your replies!
Thanks
Tim
my bad you have ddr ram, please ignore me.
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