what's my bottleneck?

[brent4president]

here are my system specs:
x850xt PCIe; bought a few years ago for like $399 (eek!)
2 gig ram
AMD 64 Socket 939 4000+

when playing LOTRO i'm not getting very good framerates are the highest settings.

I mainly use my computer for gaming, so i dont think i really need to upgrade the mobo/cpu for a dual core. None of the games i play even use the dual core processors.

i thought that my current CPU and GPU were pretty good, but apparently they are already outdated. What's the best upgrade move for purely gaming?

also, if i update the video should i go with nVidia or AMD?

edit: i forgot that i havent updated my video card drivers in about a year. does that usually increase framerates by much? (i mainly play WoW, HL2, CS:S, and LOTRO)

 

[Rambo]

the video card is most likely what is causing that
i like nvidia, but i have also never owned an actual ati video card....just a video chip in my laptop. nvidia seems easier to use to me.
your processor to me is fine. i just upgraded from the 3700 to what i have in my sig. the 3700 was awesome for games

 

[brent4president]

thanks for the reply

i guess it's best to wait a while for the DX10 cards to drop in price and then get one of those. i do have a vista upgrade DVD sitting around, but i'm waiting for the drivers to mature first.