okay, hello i hope someone can help me. i have recently upgraded my graphics card on my a1330n.
Athlon 64 (S) 3800+ 2.4 GHz
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2000 MT/s (mega transfers/second)
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Socket 939
i got a used geforce 8800 gts oc and i put in the new power supply(585watt) and put the thing in. it worked. but it sucks theres screen tearing and it has lag.
So i research and realize my computer sucks. my ghz is too low. and i think i have to replace my mother board, gpu and cpu? (is this correct?)
i was wondering if someone could point in me in the right direction on what to get. Everytime i step into a thread everything seems like mumbo jumbo.
I was also wondering if I could stick these new components into the tower im using? and would i have to get a new windows os?
would i be able to reuse my old dvd/cd/hard drives/current os?
any help would be GREAATTTLY APPRECIATED. i have been wading through threads and threads and i have given up. usually im fairly good at figuring things on my own, but im at the end of the rope.
im really hoping that this would cost me $300-$400. and that i would be able to play call of juarez and bioshock on decent settings without screen tearing and lag.
It would certainly run it, how well would depend what settings you want to use, which version of the 8800GTS you have, and what size your monitor is. I think you'd do alright up to moderate detail at a lower resolution. That PSU is enough to add a new graphics card with though, and in a month or so's time we should be seeing some new graphics cards which will offer staggering performance increases. Keep an eye out :)
