Upgrading from old 8800GTS

[RinRanRyan]

Hi there,

I am currently looking to upgrade an old computer which went bust a while ago apparently due to a graphics card problem. I am not very knowledgeable in this area so I was wondering whether anybody could help me out. I am looking for it to be able to play recent games with reasonable performance but I am aware that the whole system might be old now, so if anybody has got any general advice to achieve this, it would be much appreciated. I was thinking that a CPU bottleneck might be an issue.

The current system specs are as followed:

Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA M61PME S2P
CPU: AMD ATHLON 64 x2 6400+
GFX: GEFORCE 8800 GTS
RAM: 2 X 1GB DDR2
OS: XP
Case: ASUS CHASSIS VENTO A2
Power: X POWER ATX - 700TW

So my first question is whether this is worth getting running at all? If so, would it be possible for a simple GPU change due to the old one being broken or would more need to be upgraded?

Thanks for any replies, really appreciate it!

Ryan

 

[ubersonic]

Scrap it, the graphics card was the best thing about that rig, it will be cheaper to replace it than to bring it up to scratch.

 

[Marine-RX179]

Scrap it, the graphics card was the best thing about that rig, it will be cheaper to replace it than to bring it up to scratch.

I have to agree. Look like a full system build would be in order...

 

[RinRanRyan]

Thanks for the replies. Following on from that, is the motherboard worth building from and would the ram be useful at all?

 

[coupe69]

is the motherboard worth building from and would the ram be useful at all?

Not really no. Could be useful as a HTPC or home server, but not for a gaming rig.

 

[mame]

If that was mine I'd think about buying a 2nd hand 8800 GTS/GTX, 4850 etc. Looking at completed ebay listings, there's plenty of 4850s that sold for £18-30. Although this won't play most new games but might be OK for a select few. It would keep your options open if you try and get a card with HDMI

 

[coupe69]

nvm