Help me upgrading

I slowly upgrading my computer but if i had sufficient money to buy a new desktop computer, i will.  But today i have a rig of this:

CPU: P4 2.0Ghertz

GPU: 256mb nvidi geforce 5500

RAM: 1G

What should i upgrade first... I play LOTR: Battle for Middle earth 2, at first, the game run fast but when i have many army... the game run slow.  From my rig... what should i upgrade first... should i upgrade first my CPU, GPU or my RAM?

Well, no, not really. Even for a p4, 2 GHz is as slow as they come. I can see why you would have lag on BFMEII, Controlling AI opponents is a CPU job. Well, I'm guessing you don't have a socket LGA775, sooo Im not sure what I can recommend for a CPU. You could try OC'ing but if it's a Dell or prebuilt, don't bother...frost_mourne13

DArn those dellsfrost_mourne13

all i want is that the LOTR:BFME 2 will run fast but i only choose one to upgrade

Before you do that, you absolutely must check what your Front Side Bus is. If you have a Dell prebuilt (which I suspect you do), then you almost certainly have a motherboard that supports only one FSB speed. With that slow of a processor, it is likely that it is 400mhz (as I mentioned earlier), and you can only upgrade up to like 2.4 ghz. I know this because I had the same problem with my system. No matter what, though, do some research on your motherboard. You need to make sure that you know what FSB speeds it accepts, and also whether it will accept Prescott processors, or only Northwood (another issue I had). Do your homework...or else you'll get burned. Socket type is NOT the only criteria that needs to be matched up.theragu40

Before you do that, you absolutely must check what your Front Side Bus is. If you have a Dell prebuilt (which I suspect you do), then you almost certainly have a motherboard that supports only one FSB speed. With that slow of a processor, it is likely that it is 400mhz (as I mentioned earlier), and you can only upgrade up to like 2.4 ghz. I know this because I had the same problem with my system. No matter what, though, do some research on your motherboard. You need to make sure that you know what FSB speeds it accepts, and also whether it will accept Prescott processors, or only Northwood (another issue I had). Do your homework...or else you'll get burned. Socket type is NOT the only criteria that needs to be matched up.theragu40

I just responded to your PM, but in case anyone else is following this thread who has similar issues, that motherboard is far far better than what I expected you had. It accepts FSB speeds up to 800mhz (which is probably what the processor you're looking at has...if it has only 533, look for one with 800 - it'll be faster), which is awesome for your upgrade situation. Also, it says that it is Prescott compatible, which is good as well. Looks like you're set to go. Upgrade away!theragu40

GPU ... ur gpu is old enough to handle bf2142 . i think ur a agp user and if so go for a 6600gt ,7600gt or 7800gs ..they will run bf2142 smoothly....pepsiboy987

[QUOTE="pepsiboy987"]GPU ... ur gpu is old enough to handle bf2142 . i think ur a agp user and if so go for a 6600gt ,7600gt or 7800gs ..they will run bf2142 smoothly....nic4games

I would get a 7600gt now, u will see a massive performance hike from a 5500 (i know coz i used to have one, although my 7600gs broke and im back to the 5500 atm) and then get a nice quick p4 processor, maybe a pentium dcrazytom49

[QUOTE="nic4games"][QUOTE="pepsiboy987"]GPU ... ur gpu is old enough to handle bf2142 . i think ur a agp user and if so go for a 6600gt ,7600gt or 7800gs ..they will run bf2142 smoothly....r3351925