Posted: 9/30/2007 3:28:27 PM EDT
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My PC is a few years old. I had it built in Aug 0f 2002 and it has done well for me. It is still going strong. All I have done is replace the motherboard. Otherwise, I upgraded the video card and added some more DDRAM. The most demanding game I have played on my PC is Battlefield 2142. Otherwise all theother games have been low key. But, I'm looking to go for "America's Army" and other such more demanding games. I need to upgrade. What do you suggest I upgrade for sure? My budget is around $200 or so. Here is what I have currently: AMD 1800+ 1.53 GHz Radeon 9550 vid card 786 DDRAM DVD player and reg CD player (52X) Any help is appreciated. Thanks- |
build a new one  your gonna have to get a new system to run that game . WHAT ARE THE RECOMMENDED SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE WINDOWS 2.8.1 VERSION? Answer: The recommended requirements for the game are: * 3-D graphics card with 256mb+ memory and support for hardware transformation and lighting * 3.0 GHz processor or equivalent * English version of Windows(r) 2000/XP Operating System with latest updates * 1gb RAM * 3.5gb of uncompressed hard disk space for game files * DVD-ROM (not required for downloaded installations) * Windows 2000/XP compatible system (including compatible 32-bit drivers for video card, sound card, mouse and keyboard) * DirectX(r)9.0 * 100% Compatible DirectX 9.0 soundcard * Broadband Network Connection * *NVIDIA(r) nForce(tm) or other motherboards/soundcards containing the Dolby(r) Digital Interactive Content Encoder required for Dolby Digital audio ↑ 2. WHAT ARE THE MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE WINDOWS 2.8.1 VERSION? Answer: The minimum system requirements for the game are: * 3-D graphics card with 128mb memory and support for hardware transformation and lighting * 2.4 GHz processor or equivalent * English version of Windows(r) 2000/XP Operating System with all updates * 512mb RAM * 3.5gb of uncompressed hard disk space for game files * DVD-ROM (not required for downloaded installation) * Windows 2000/XP compatible system (including compatible 32-bit drivers for video card, sound card, mouse and keyboard) * DirectX(r) 9.0 * 100% Compatible DirectX 9.0 soundcard * 56kbps Modem or other network connection *Nvidia® nForce™ or other motherboard/soundcards containing Dolby Digital® Content Encoder required for Dolby Digital® audio. |
i would have to agree, no one upgrade will do the trick, for $200 you could either upgrade the motherboard and cpu, or you could get a mid range video card, if only 1 upgrade is done the other will bottleneck the whole system. if i had to pick in that price range i think i would just start piecing together a new rig all together and use the current setup in the mean time. it is a weird transition time for that old system which is going to be costly, in order to do a worth while upgrade everything will have to be replaced due to compatibility issues. at this time buying a motherboard that will support that vid card and your current ram is a serious waste of money. |