SLI or New Card ?

[happy medium]

If you're game you could try and o/c the CPU. I believe it has a 10.5 multiplier (w/266 FSB) so you should be able to get good results. If it is your CPU that's causing your games to lag you could possibly overcome it.

"I just got my first PC <6 months ago so please cut me a little slack."

He's only owned his PC for 6 months.
One step at a time.....

 

[Zap]

Quick question here - will upgrading the monitor actually improve gaming performance ?

As others have said, it will decrease gaming performance due to being higher resolution.

HOWEVER...

Likely it will improve your gaming experience even if you have to lower the quality settings a bit initially.

Other benefit is likely lower power usage (though probably not enough to see any huge power bill difference).

 

[faxon]

yea if he were coming from a 21" CRT the difference in power draw would be pretty big going to a 20" LCD, but a 15" CRT probably only draws like 25-30w instead of the 100-150 that big CRTs were known for drawing