Advice for a gamer in China

This is my first post here, so Hello everyone.

I'm an American living in China. I teach oral English (so don't harp on me for my grammar mistakes! :p)

Anyway, I bought a cheap gaming rig here a few months ago. It runs everything ok. Here are my specs.

Gigabyte GA-M51GM-S2G - Crappy motherboard, but I don't speak Chinese, so I didn't know that it was a Micro-atx. I was upset.

AMD AM2 3200+

1 Gig 667mhz ram

80 gig SATA HDD

Onboard sound = my 1 PCI slot is covered by my sound card.

7900GS 256mb

My questions is this. Should I upgrade my CPU first or my GPU first? I can get any CPU or GPU over here, albeit a little more expensive than the American price. I'm into Supreme Commander, G.R.A.W, Oblivion, and COE right now. I'm playing on a 19" LCD. 1440x900 rez.

Thanks in advanced.

This is my first post here, so Hello everyone.

 

I'm an American living in China. I teach oral English (so don't harp on me for my grammar mistakes! :p)

Anyway, I bought a cheap gaming rig here a few months ago. It runs everything ok. Here are my specs.

 

Gigabyte GA-M51GM-S2G - Crappy motherboard, but I don't speak Chinese, so I didn't know that it was a Micro-atx. I was upset.

AMD AM2 3200+

1 Gig 667mhz ram

80 gig SATA HDD

Onboard sound = my 1 PCI slot is covered by my sound card.

7900GS 256mb

 

My questions is this. Should I upgrade my CPU first or my GPU first? I can get any CPU or GPU over here, albeit a little more expensive than the American price. I'm into Supreme Commander, G.R.A.W, Oblivion, and COE right now. I'm playing on a 19" LCD. 1440x900 rez.

 

Thanks in advanced.

Aric2X

Ni hao,

Definitely your CPU.  Then grab some more ram.  Finally, Direct X 10 will be cheaper and you can make the move. 

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This is my first post here, so Hello everyone.

I'm an American living in China. I teach oral English (so don't harp on me for my grammar mistakes! :p)

Anyway, I bought a cheap gaming rig here a few months ago. It runs everything ok. Here are my specs.

Gigabyte GA-M51GM-S2G - Crappy motherboard, but I don't speak Chinese, so I didn't know that it was a Micro-atx. I was upset.

AMD AM2 3200+

1 Gig 667mhz ram

80 gig SATA HDD

Onboard sound = my 1 PCI slot is covered by my sound card.

7900GS 256mb

My questions is this. Should I upgrade my CPU first or my GPU first? I can get any CPU or GPU over here, albeit a little more expensive than the American price. I'm into Supreme Commander, G.R.A.W, Oblivion, and COE right now. I'm playing on a 19" LCD. 1440x900 rez.

Thanks in advanced.

Taijiquan

Ni hao,

Definitely your CPU. Then grab some more ram. Finally, Direct X 10 will be cheaper and you can make the move.

Sweet! Thanks for the fast replies.

 I think I'm gonna go with a 4200 X2 - I can get one for about 1000 Y = $131. More pricey than the states, but you know the Chiense gov, taxes all PC related products. 

 Thanks all, I'll let you know how it goes.