is it worth it

[Piesgood]

I was thinking about getting a high end AGP video card as the price has gone way down ( due to lack of sales I guess ) and 2 gigs of matching ram for this computer Ill post my specs in a sec But, I dont know if its worth it. I would like to upgrade my CPU but I cant locate any for this ole thing, What do you guys or girls think about the ram and new card for this? Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
OS Service Pack Service Pack 3
Internet Explorer
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
Computer Name
User Name

Motherboard
CPU Type AMD Athlon 64, 2000 MHz (10 x 200) 3000+
Motherboard Name Gigabyte GA-K8NS (5 PCI, 1 AGP, 3 DDR DIMM, Audio, LAN)
Motherboard Chipset nVIDIA nForce3 250, AMD Hammer
System Memory 2048 MB (DDR SDRAM)
BIOS Type Award Modular (08/13/04)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port ECP Printer Port (LPT1)

Display
Video Adapter RADEON X800 PRO Secondary (256 MB)
Video Adapter RADEON X800 PRO (256 MB)
3D Accelerator ATI Radeon X800 Pro (R420)
Monitor ViewSonic VX924 [NoDB] (PS3052904385)

Multimedia
Audio Adapter Creative Audigy LS Audio Processor

Storage
IDE Controller NVIDIA CK8S Parallel ATA Controller (v2.5)
IDE Controller NVIDIA CK8S Serial ATA Controller (v2.5)
Floppy Drive Floppy disk drive
Disk Drive HDS722516VLSA80 (160 GB, 7200 RPM, Serial-ATA/150)
Disk Drive IC USB Storage-CFC USB Device
Disk Drive IC USB Storage-SMC USB Device
Disk Drive IC USB Storage-MMC USB Device
Disk Drive HP Photosmart C4280 USB Device
Disk Drive IC USB Storage-MSC USB Device
Optical Drive HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8526B (52x/32x/52x CD-RW)
Optical Drive HL-DT-ST DVD-ROM GDR8163B (16x/52x DVD-ROM)
SMART Hard Disks Status OK

Partitions
C: (NTFS) 157057 MB (110959 MB free)

Input
Keyboard Logitech PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse Logitech HID-compliant Cordless Mouse

[photolady]

Two more gigs wouldn't really help much. XP 32bit software only utilizes up to 3.25GB of memory. As for finding a newer faster 754 cpu, those are few and far between, since the coming of the dual cores. Might be better just to build a new computer. And those video cards you looked at, were they AGP or PCI-e's? I'm running the same motherboard you have but am using a AMD 64bit 3500+, with 2gigs of memory and a Nvidia 7600GS but it won't play the newer games.

[Piesgood]

AGP P.L. good to see you again. BTW my ram is kinda miss matched.

[photolady]

As long as the ram is working, that shouldn't matter. But like I said, even a newer cpu and newer video card, these won't play any of the newer games. Better to build a new system.

Good to see you too.

[Train]

Best be figuring on a good system this time. Some games require what we would call a screamer. So check the game requirements for a starting point.

[Piesgood]

Thanks guys and girls for info I can trust !!
Pie

[photolady]

You're welcome!! Glad we could help.