Whats wrong?

[olibe]

Hey guys!

This is my first post here at overclockers!
I have had some problems with my computer recently..
Baiclly at christmas i went and brought a

BFG Nvidia 7600 oc AGP
It was a upgrade from a
Nvidia 5200

As the gap was so high i was expecting a pretty good performance differance.. But to my supprise it run's basiclly the same..

A friend said it could be my CPU from stopping it run at its full potential
My CPU spec is

AMD Athlon XP 2000+ 1.6GHZ
1024MB RAM

Now we all know that thats not a good processor.. it was in its time but not now.. Can you tell me what is wrong? what i should do? i would have about 150£.. I was looking at a AMD 64 Athlon 3800 dual core.. but then i would need a mobo.. I need some help!

Forgot to say.. bad performance =
20 fps in CSS graphics medium.. Runs every game like it..

Thanks in advance guys!

 

[olibe]

Yeah ive tried updating all the drivers... Direct x and Nvidia's drivers.. tryed to find my mobo drivers... but they seem non existant..

i have came up with this... will this work fine?

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+ 2.20GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail
+
Asrock AM2NF3-VSTA (Socket AM2) AGP DDR2 Motherboard

It makes it about £140

 

[olibe]

Yeah... should i go with what i spec'ed before then? do you think that would sort my problems?

The dual core is only 2ghz. Would it run new games?
i dont know how dual cored really work.. its 2ghz.. so to me thats hardly any difernce from 1.6hgz.

Does the dual core kinda make it 4 ghz ?

 

[olibe]

ahhhhh! nice one thanks.. so basiclly it puts a whole processor to the game.. thats nice

i will see if i can order it today.. i could let you know if it works or not?