Advice about an upgrade

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novafx

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First of I am new here so hello everyone

I want to ask, I've just recently got into using steam for playing a few games and I would like to play a few games such as battlefield bad company 2 and some the call of duty games, i know my pc wont be able to play these games in its current state but can someone have a look at my specs and see what i would need to do, iam hoping if i can just upgrade the video card to a better one and hopefully have results

Thanks
 
jonnyp11

jonnyp11

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how much can you spend, and the graphics card would prob be the main problem, then you'll also need a new power supply most likely, and do you know if your motherboard is agp or pci-e for the graphics card socket, i think the 8400 comes in both.
 
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Yeah you can upgrade your video card. Depending on your power suppy. What model and make is it? Plus what motherboard do you have? Your system is kinda out dated. But if you cant afford to upgrade the whole system, you can move a video card and power supply up to the next one.
 
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I have windows 95/98/98SE computers. But when you use them its like a using a Atari 2600. Its fun for awhile, but its Obsolete not matter how you look at it.
 
S.T.A.R.S.

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My computer is 15 years old lol.And I have XP on it since 2004. and everything still works great =D Never reinstalled anything since that year :p
 
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I liked 2000 over XP. Me and none of my friends upgraded to XP till microshaft started screwing 2000 without upgrades that they were giving to XP. From what I understand they rehired the dude over 2000 to work on Vista. He walked when he saw how screwed up they were developing Vista. It was like a Windows ME all over again from 98SE.
 
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novafx

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jonnyp11 said:
how much can you spend, and the graphics card would prob be the main problem, then you'll also need a new power supply most likely, and do you know if your motherboard is agp or pci-e for the graphics card socket, i think the 8400 comes in both.
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i think the motherboard is ASUS M2N4-SLI

from what i looked at if this is my motherboard

CPU Support AMD® Socket AM2 Athlon 64 X2 / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64/ Sempron
AMD Cool 'n' Quiet™ Technology
AMD64 architecture enables simultaneous 32-bit and 64-bit computing
AMD Live!™ Ready
Chipset NVIDIA nForce 500 SLI MCP
Core Logic 2000 / 1600 MT/s
Front Side Bus 2000 / 1600 MT/s
Memory Dual channel memory architecture
4 x DIMM, max. 8GB, DDR2-800/667/533, ECC and non-ECC, un-buffered memory
Expansion Slots 2 x PCI Express x16 slot with NVIDIA® SLI™ technology support, at x8, x8 speed
2 x PCI Express x1
2 x PCI 2.2
SLI Support two identical NVIDIA SLI-Ready graphics cards (both at x8 mode)
ASUS two-slot thermal design
Storage NVIDIA nForce 500 SLI™ MCP supports:
* 2 x Ultra DMA 133 / 100 / 66 / 33
* 4 x Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s
*Supports RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5 and JBOD span cross Serial ATA drives
LAN NVIDIA nForce 500 SLI™ MCP built-in Gigabit MAC with external Attansic PHY
Support TCP/IP Acceleration
Audio Realtek ALC850, 6-ch AC'97 CODEC
Jack Sensing and Enumeration
S/PDIF out interface
USB Max. 10 x USB2.0 ports
Overclocking Features AI Overclocking (intelligent CPU frequency tuner)
SFS (Stepless Frequency Selection): allowing FSB tuning from 200MHz up to 400MHz at 1MHz increment
ASUS C.P.R.(CPU Parameter Recall)
Adjustable FSB/DDR2 ratio. Fixed PCI/PCIe frequencies.
Special Features ASUS EZ DIY:
- ASUS CrashFree BIOS3
- ASUS EZ Flash2
- ASUS Q-Connector
ASUS Q-Fan 2
ASUS MyLogo2
Back Panel I/O Ports 1 x PS/2 Keyboard port
1 x PS/2 Mouses
1 x LAN (RJ45) port
4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
1 x SPDIF Out
1 x Parallel(Printer Port)
1 x COM port
6-channel Audio ports
Internal I/O Connectors 3 x USB 2.0 connectors supports additional 6 USB 2.0 ports
1 x Floppy disk drive connector
2 x IDE connector for four devices
4 x SATA connectors
1 x CPU / 1 x Chassis / 1 x Power Fan connectors
1 x S/PDIF output connector
Front Panel Audio connector
AUX audio in
CD audio in
24-pin ATX Power connector
4-pin ATX 12V Power connector
System panel connector
BIOS 4Mb AWARD BIOS, PnP, DMI2.0, WfM2.0, SM BIOS 2.3
Manageability WOL by PME, WOR by PME,Chassis Intruction, PXE
Accessories 1 x SLI bridge
1 x UltraDMA 133/100/66 cable
1 x Floppy disk drive cable
2 x SATA cables
1 x SATA power cable for 2 devices
1 x I/O Shield
1 x ASUS Q-Connector Kit(USB, System panel;Retail version only)
User's manual
Support CD Drivers
ASUS PC Probe II
ASUS Update
NVIDIA MediaShield™ RAID
Anti-virus software (OEM version)
Form Factor ATX Form Factor, 12"x 9" (30.5cm x 22.8cm)
O/S Compatibility Windows Vista/XP/2000
 
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novafx

New Member
novafx said:
First of I am new here so hello everyone

I want to ask, I've just recently got into using steam for playing a few games and I would like to play a few games such as battlefield bad company 2 and some the call of duty games, i know my pc wont be able to play these games in its current state but can someone have a look at my specs and see what i would need to do, iam hoping if i can just upgrade the video card to a better one and hopefully have results

Thanks
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I've also been offered a HD5770 which i think is ati for £25 is that any good I am not interested in running games at their full settings but just at a reasonable setting
 
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