Been a while...time to upgrade

FrozenYak

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Oct 10, 2002
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It's been a long while since ive had to upgrade my computer, but right now things are looking pretty bleak for a few parts and they'll barely run anything anymore. I'd just like a little helpful advice on what to look for, im thinking of getting a new CPU and Video card, and if needed, a new motherboard as well. My current specs are.

AMD athlon XP 1900, 1.6 ghz
1g of ddr ram, not worried about this
Radeon 9600 series AGP
Asus A7V8X-X mobo

I dont look to run the top games at perfect speed and resolution or anything, but I would like more options to play from. Neverwinter nights 2 is probably the last game i got that ran with some level of decency.

So what would you suggest to upgrade and what to? Im not looking to spend a load of money here to get the top of the line, just to upgrade what needs an upgrade. Thanks for any help.
 

moosey

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AMD route can be cheaper, look at socket AM2. Intel route can be faster but more expensive, socket 775 Core2Duo.
A budget would help though.