Hello, I've heard good stuff about this forum, hopefully you guys can give me some info : )
So I have this computer, so far I haven't had any problems with it - runs pretty much every game to my satisfaction. That being said, I don't play many hardware intensive games.
I've recently picked up Prototype 2 however, and it's apparent that my computer isn't exactly up to par. I can manage playing it on lowest settings, but it gets a little laggy at times and sometimes randomly just crashes (it's a legit copy - so I'm assuming it just runs out of memory or something).
I can't afford a whole new computer, so my question is - can I, and would it be worth it to try to upgrade my current one? The option would be to either get a new video card or a new CPU - from what I see video cards are cheaper, so that'd be the first choice. I'd be willing to put around 100$ on this, however I'm from Estonia so that doesn't really paint the whole picture.
Anyway, here's my computer.
64bit windows 7
22 inch monitor (1920x1080)
4 gb RAM
AMD Athlon II x2 245 processor (2,9 GHz)
Ati Radeon HD 4670 video card
MSI GF615M-P33 motherboard
Of course it'd have to be compatible with my old motherboard, since getting that one as well doesn't exactly fit my budget =P
As for what I use the computer for - well, a little bit of recording Minecraft and editing that in Vegas - but mostly just playing games like Minecraft, League of Legends, Counter Strike, Assassin's Creed, Prototype, CoD etc.
So I have this computer, so far I haven't had any problems with it - runs pretty much every game to my satisfaction. That being said, I don't play many hardware intensive games.
I've recently picked up Prototype 2 however, and it's apparent that my computer isn't exactly up to par. I can manage playing it on lowest settings, but it gets a little laggy at times and sometimes randomly just crashes (it's a legit copy - so I'm assuming it just runs out of memory or something).
I can't afford a whole new computer, so my question is - can I, and would it be worth it to try to upgrade my current one? The option would be to either get a new video card or a new CPU - from what I see video cards are cheaper, so that'd be the first choice. I'd be willing to put around 100$ on this, however I'm from Estonia so that doesn't really paint the whole picture.
Anyway, here's my computer.
64bit windows 7
22 inch monitor (1920x1080)
4 gb RAM
AMD Athlon II x2 245 processor (2,9 GHz)
Ati Radeon HD 4670 video card
MSI GF615M-P33 motherboard
Of course it'd have to be compatible with my old motherboard, since getting that one as well doesn't exactly fit my budget =P
As for what I use the computer for - well, a little bit of recording Minecraft and editing that in Vegas - but mostly just playing games like Minecraft, League of Legends, Counter Strike, Assassin's Creed, Prototype, CoD etc.