Which Computer Part Should I Upgrade?

[Iban]

I'm terrible at hardware, but I'm not getting the FPS I demand and I have no idea why. Most of the newer games (Brink, CoD:BO) lag terribly, even on the lowest of the low settings.

If these all look fine, I'm guessing the problem might be the Motherboard or the Harddisk.

RAM	6,144 MB
Processor	AMD AnthlonTM 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 6000+ (2 CPUs), ~3.0GHz
Graphics Card	NVIDA GeForce 9800 GT

[Ad Bot]

[alex dude]

Processor I'd say.

[SeventhSandwich]

Upgrade your video card.

Processor is fine. Alex dude knows not of what he's talking about.


I lied.

Processor needs an upgrade too. Should have payed more attention to the name :/

[Proog]

Download more RAM.

[Isjix]

Download more RAM.

http://downloadmoreram.com/

[awesomeman322]

http://downloadmoreram.com/

does that actually work?

[Dodger]

does that actually work?

Because software can definitely replace physical hardware parts in computer function.

Anyways @Iban, your RAM is great, not sure about the GPU, processor is a bit old.

[SeventhSandwich]

does that actually work?

[Righteous One]

I'm terrible at hardware, but I'm not getting the FPS I demand and I have no idea why. Most of the newer games (Brink, CoD:BO) lag terribly, even on the lowest of the low settings.

If these all look fine, I'm guessing the problem might be the Motherboard or the Harddisk.

RAM	6,144 MB
Processor	AMD AnthlonTM 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 6000+ (2 CPUs), ~3.0GHz
Graphics Card	NVIDA GeForce 9800 GT

I'm going to assume that your RAM is DDR2 but correct me if I'm wrong. Unfortunately socket AM2 processors only come in dual core models so you can't really upgrade it. Your graphics card is a few generations behind but I wouldn't recommend upgrading. If you do enough gaming to warrant a purchase I would suggest selling your current computer as is and buying or building a new one. To my knowledge the 6000 was one of the best AM2 processors but unfortunately most games these days use between 2 and 3 cores leaving one to the operating system in the background.

If you don't want to start from scratch you could just get a new Motherboard, processor, video card, and ram although in that case you would benefit more from selling your current system and starting anew.

[Fredulus]

I'm pretty sure you could put an AM3 CPU into an AM2 socket because they use the same pin layout. Looks that way from a short google, do a little more googling and you can be sure. Look up your mobo

[Isjix]

does that actually work?

Because software can definitely replace physical hardware parts in computer function.

[Bisjac]

i say cpu upgrade.

the 9800 is still pretty decent. though high end graphic games from 2010, 2011 may not run on highest settings