Hey guys.
I want to upgrade my computer but I don't want to spend to much money doing that.
The reason I want to maybe do a bit of upgrading is that I want to play this game that will come out soon called FFXIV, the game requires quite high system requirements compared to other mmorpg style games.
The game as my computer stands can only run on Medium settings if that.
I would like to know if there is something I can do to upgrade my computer and maybe make the game run better for my budget.
So here's my budget.
$250
Here's my computer
CPU AMD Athlon 64X2 6000+
Motherboard: Asus M2N SLI PCI Express DDR2 Dual channel
RAM: 4GB DDR2 Dual channel
Graphics Card Nvidia Geforce 9600GT
My main questions are.
Is there any graphic card that I can use on my motherboard that would be a major upgrade to my current card?
Is there any Processor I can use on my motherboard (that will work with it) That will be a major upgrade to the one I have now?
I guess those are my 2 questions right now. If you guys could please help me out that would be great. I don't know much about computers outside of some basic things but I do have a friend who works for a pc repair shop said if I can buy parts he can put them in for free. So I just need to figure out which parts are compatible with my pc.
If you require more information to help me out please let me know. Thanks
I want to upgrade my computer but I don't want to spend to much money doing that.
The reason I want to maybe do a bit of upgrading is that I want to play this game that will come out soon called FFXIV, the game requires quite high system requirements compared to other mmorpg style games.
The game as my computer stands can only run on Medium settings if that.
I would like to know if there is something I can do to upgrade my computer and maybe make the game run better for my budget.
So here's my budget.
$250
Here's my computer
CPU AMD Athlon 64X2 6000+
Motherboard: Asus M2N SLI PCI Express DDR2 Dual channel
RAM: 4GB DDR2 Dual channel
Graphics Card Nvidia Geforce 9600GT
My main questions are.
Is there any graphic card that I can use on my motherboard that would be a major upgrade to my current card?
Is there any Processor I can use on my motherboard (that will work with it) That will be a major upgrade to the one I have now?
I guess those are my 2 questions right now. If you guys could please help me out that would be great. I don't know much about computers outside of some basic things but I do have a friend who works for a pc repair shop said if I can buy parts he can put them in for free. So I just need to figure out which parts are compatible with my pc.
If you require more information to help me out please let me know. Thanks