Thoughts on upgrading

Rage474

Rage474

Rage474

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Hey there,

I've had my current system for a good few years now, and I'm really starting to feel it's power straining a bit, especially when playing the newer releases, such as Guild Wars 2. Which is beginning to mar the experience quite significantly.

I don't want to spend a huge amount, preferably no more than £200-£250 max.

I'm thinking I should upgrade the GPU/CPU, but not sure if that would cause compatibility problems etc. Here is my current setup anyway, any help would be greatly appreciated :).

Case: Coolermaster 690 Black ATX 5 Bay (RC-690-KKN1)
PSU: Coolermaster Real Power 1000w Modular Silent (RS-A00-ESBA)
CPU: Intel Core 2 QuadPro Q6600 8MB 2.40GHz 1066FSB
RAM: Corsair 4GB DHX XMS2 (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C4DHX TwinX
MOBO: MSI P7N SLi -Fi 750i 775 PCI -E 1333FSB DDR2 SATAII ATX
GPU: BFG 260 GTX 896MB OC2 MaxCore x16 PCI-E 2.0 DDR3 Dual DVIHDTV

Cheers :)
 
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Fantastic, that you all very much for the advice given :). I'll stick a new graphics card in and pump up the old CPU a bit further. Are there any other clear bottlenecks, or should this be grand?
Also, on a side note, what would an equivalent Nvidia card be, would it be worth say running a new one in SLI with my current one if I currently use 2 monitors?
 
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