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Hello Everyone.
I have quite an old gaming PC which I have upgraded over about 6 years, adding a new motherboard here, a new hard drive there and so fourth but I guess I really am running out of upgrading uptions and I can only find second hand S939 processors and 2GB DDR400 memory is very expensive so will rule that path out.
Current gear comprises of:-
MSI K8T Neo2-F V2.0 Socket AMD 939 Motherboard
1GB (2x512MB) Corsair DDR400 Cas 2 Memory
Athlon 64 3200+ S939 with Stock Cooler
1 120GB Hard Disk Drive IDE 7200 Make Unknown
1 40GB Hard Disk Drive IDE 7200 Make Unknown
Asus CD-R Burner
LG DVD Player
Floppy Drive
Geforce 7600GT AGP Graphics Card
The problem I am having at the moment is extreme low frame rates when trying to play some new games. I have the graphic card overclocked as far as it will go and can't find any overclock options for this motherboard in the BIOS. I can get away with playing World of Warcraft and a few older games, but struggle with newer games like Aion which is a Crysis based engine game and get a FPS of under 10 in built up areas with a lot of online players, which is really frustrating. The FPS goes up to about 30 in none built up areas which is just about playable. I mainly play MMORPG's and occasional FPS like Battlefield, Call of Duty etc.
I have an old NeoView 19inch LCD which displays at 1280x1024 and won't be replacing that. I also have a semi-decent case with an old 450w power supply which I will try and reuse if possible, although I am not too sure if the power supply would cut it or not.
I am not working at the moment, and cash is in extreme limited supply, but have managed to save up 700 pounds over a 9 month period and would like to know what the best way to spend the money would be.
Any help would be appreciated.
Many Thanks in advance
I have quite an old gaming PC which I have upgraded over about 6 years, adding a new motherboard here, a new hard drive there and so fourth but I guess I really am running out of upgrading uptions and I can only find second hand S939 processors and 2GB DDR400 memory is very expensive so will rule that path out.
Current gear comprises of:-
MSI K8T Neo2-F V2.0 Socket AMD 939 Motherboard
1GB (2x512MB) Corsair DDR400 Cas 2 Memory
Athlon 64 3200+ S939 with Stock Cooler
1 120GB Hard Disk Drive IDE 7200 Make Unknown
1 40GB Hard Disk Drive IDE 7200 Make Unknown
Asus CD-R Burner
LG DVD Player
Floppy Drive
Geforce 7600GT AGP Graphics Card
The problem I am having at the moment is extreme low frame rates when trying to play some new games. I have the graphic card overclocked as far as it will go and can't find any overclock options for this motherboard in the BIOS. I can get away with playing World of Warcraft and a few older games, but struggle with newer games like Aion which is a Crysis based engine game and get a FPS of under 10 in built up areas with a lot of online players, which is really frustrating. The FPS goes up to about 30 in none built up areas which is just about playable. I mainly play MMORPG's and occasional FPS like Battlefield, Call of Duty etc.
I have an old NeoView 19inch LCD which displays at 1280x1024 and won't be replacing that. I also have a semi-decent case with an old 450w power supply which I will try and reuse if possible, although I am not too sure if the power supply would cut it or not.
I am not working at the moment, and cash is in extreme limited supply, but have managed to save up 700 pounds over a 9 month period and would like to know what the best way to spend the money would be.
Any help would be appreciated.
Many Thanks in advance
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