Please help a clueless person out!

Stratos said:
Oh, is my video card outdated?
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Yes, it's very outdated. As I said, it's about 5-6 years old.

Stratos said:
And where can I install Windows 64bit?
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You can download the 64-bit disc here:
http://www.mydigitallife.info/downl...cial-32-bit-and-64-bit-direct-download-links/

Stratos said:
My budget is currently almost $700? I'm assuming, because my money is scattered right now.
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Hell if you have that much to spend, go all out and get a new mobo/gpu/cpu
 
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This is the board you want http://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-Cros...s&ie=UTF8&qid=1363764438&sr=1-1&keywords=ud3h

This is the CPU you want http://www.amazon.com/Intel-Core-i5...=UTF8&qid=1363744356&sr=8-1&keywords=i5+3570k

You'll need new RAM too because you can't put your existing DDR2 into a DDR3 board (and even if you have DDR3 now, it will be slow, 1066MHz or 1333MHz art the fastest). Something like this would be great http://www.amazon.com/G-SKILL-Ripja...e=UTF8&qid=1363764537&sr=1-1&keywords=g.skill

This would be a good graphics card to get http://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-Mini...s&ie=UTF8&qid=1363764562&sr=1-1&keywords=7870

The 7870 is going to be miles and miles better than the 8500 GT. The 8500 GT was a pretty weak card when it came out about 5 or 6 years ago now, and it's still very weak today. You're going to love this new system I think coming from an 8500 GT to a 7870!
 
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Forget the mobo and cpu, your entire gaming performance with a mid/high range GPU is what matters (and your PSU). You don't need another board or CPU. The Q8200 will game around the same as the pentium 'sandys'. The G870 or similar. It will be absolutely fine for anything up to a 670 or 7870. After that I would simply get the best CPU for your socket, not a whole bloody mobo, windows installation, CPU - it will probably at best give you 10-20FPS increase. Better spending the coin and getting an SSD and Graphics card like the 670.

Spend:

GTX670 graphics card
256GB SSD (and install 64bit Windows 7 on it - make your computers super fast and also make available the other 4GB of RAM you have installed)
Corsair 750W power supply unit

Overclock the Q8200 to 3.0GHz (easy)

Play any game in high definition at 60FPS.

Budget less than 700.

BUT!

Please tell us what PSU you have exactly. Model number please.
 
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Okedokey said:
Forget the mobo and cpu, your entire gaming performance with a mid/high range GPU is what matters (and your PSU). You don't need another board or CPU. The Q8200 will game around the same as the pentium 'sandys'. The G870 or similar. It will be absolutely fine for anything up to a 670 or 7870. After that I would simply get the best CPU for your socket, not a whole bloody mobo, windows installation, CPU - it will probably at best give you 10-20FPS increase. Better spending the coin and getting an SSD and Graphics card like the 670.

Spend:

GTX670 graphics card
256GB SSD (and install 64bit Windows 7 on it - make your computers super fast and also make available the other 4GB of RAM you have installed)
Corsair 750W power supply unit

Overclock the Q8200 to 3.0GHz (easy)

Play any game in high definition at 60FPS.

Budget less than 700.

BUT!

Please tell us what PSU you have exactly. Model number please.
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What would an SSD drive do and what is my PSU?
 
An SSD will signficantly increase your whole of computing expereince as a standard hard drive is very very much slower. A PSU is your power supply unit. As requested twice now, please look inside your computer, and the box that your power cable plugs into will have a sticker on it, please record the model number.
 
Okedokey said:
An SSD will signficantly increase your whole of computing expereince as a standard hard drive is very very much slower. A PSU is your power supply unit. As requested twice now, please look inside your computer, and the box that your power cable plugs into will have a sticker on it, please record the model number.
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Oh I'm sorry, I'll figure it out and get back to you in a bit.
 
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