Worth the upgrade for these games?

[Greenboi]

Hey all, i was wondering if its actually worth upgrading my rig..

I play the following games, fairly frequently

Guild wars (runs GREAT) always above 50
Battlefield 2 (Runs great, but stutters and loads sloooooow) - usualy varies greatly depending on the situation.. in smoke i lag down to about 20ish fps, in normal running and such, it goes up to like 70fps. I have all settings to high, shadows on medium and texture on medium
Oblivion - Variable fps, usualy in the high teens
Neverwinter Nights 2 - 20-30 steady
Broken Sword The Angel of Death - max, usualy around 20-40

All of these games i play fairly decent, with high graphics, the problem is, they all stutter with my current specs, AMD64 3000+, 1gig general 3200 ram, and a 7800GS OC AGP..

Im looking at upgrading to a C2D E6300, and 2gb good 5300 ram on the DualVSTA mobo.. but before i do, id just like to know wether it will improve my games noticeably? Is it worth buying these now, or should i wait for something else and save my cash -- i dont have a job so these components are my limit!

Thanks for any advice!!

 

[n1kunj]

I'd say not worth it. Just put in an extra gig of ram and wait until ATi release their DX10 offering and then *hopefully* DX10 prices won't be as insane as now.

Then do a full upgrade.

 

[snowdog]

yep 1 gig of extra ram and thats it, with that you can play bf2 @ 1600x1200 on maxed everything and 16xaf and 8 x AA without a single stutter.
2 gigs of ram helps in any big game these days...

I'd wait a bit indeed untill ddr 2 prices fall, mobo prices fall and when there'll be cheaper directx 10 cards...

 

[HangTime]

While moving to 2gig RAM will help for BF2, moving to Conroe won't give you a massive boost as since you are using mostly high/max settings you will be gpu limited in a lot of cases (assuming you aren't running low resolution).

As you aren't working I would hold on to your cash until you can afford a proper upgrade (i.e. pci-e mobo/gfx included). In the meantime lower your settings a bit and overclock your cpu/gfx/memory.

 

[Scania]

Get the 2GB RAM upgrade, the rest of the PC is fine for now.

I have a mate with a 2GB RAM PC, same 6800GS card and a 3.0ghz p4, it runs BF2 sweet as a nut.

The game loads quicker with 2GB and, once the server starts, the game is nice & smooth.

That said, lower your settings a bit, I run BF2 fine on an A64 3000+ 128MB 6800LE and 1GB 3200 RAM.

 

[Energize]

I find that disabling the paging executive and enabling large system cache helps stop stuttering with ram demanding games.