In need of some advice!

[BertFtw 0]

So I currently have a reasonable pc that I'd like to upgrade, and was wondering what would be best to upgrade to get maximum fps as well as a good looking game!

I currently have:

Amd Athlon ll X2 @3Ghz

8GB ram

Nvidia GeForce Gt520

And I'm running windows7 64bit

So the question is what do I upgrade first?!

I should also add I have a bit of a budget.

Suggestions?

Thanks in advaced.

[fully 51]

You could go to a GTX690 or 2 GTX660 and SLI them together =)

[blunt_zephyr 51]

You could go to a GTX690 or 2 GTX660 and SLI them together =)

LOL, two video cards that each-alone are worth more than the whole system :rolleyes: (btw, that 520 GT is about half the 'power/bang' than a 220. Models have 'different varients'. Crap, if one buys by model-name alone without looking at the details.

Check out sites that show things like pixel fillrate, texture fillrate and memory bandwidth, along with PWR/AMP requirements (may need higher amped PSU). Personally, I plan on buying a 280GTX. Alomst 5x the performance than my 240 GT and only $100. I enjoy what my 240 does for DayZ so I think it'll be a good-buy.

Perhaps a SSD in SATA3 flavour. If you have the Win7 disc, like I did, I put my O/S & system software on SSD on everything else like games&media on my old HHD. Speed PC up mega in every aspect.

Speed Holes. Screwdriver+Hammer=Turbo Charge.

Other than speed-holes, perhaps cleaning up the case, buy one of those flashly led 120mm, 240mm B) case fans. Keeps system cooler, flowing, looks deadly and is quitier, overall with more airflow.