How much of an upgrade will this be?

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I am going to be upgrading my girlfriends computer for light gaming. But now this is her current specs.

AMD Athlon XP @ 1.3 GHZ

Nvidia Geforce 2 MX 400 32MB

512 MB SDRam

20 GB HDD

150 Watt PSU

LG super-mult DVD burner 20x

windows XP starter edition SP2

LG flatronic 15 inch w/ vga and DVI monitor

Now I am thinking of get this for her

AMD Phenom 9500 2.2 GHZ

ASUS 780g mATX

2 GB DDR2

WD 250 GB SATA HDD

thermal take 430 watt PSU

Visiontek ATI Radeon HD 2600pro 512 GDDR3

So how much of an upgrade will this be?

she like to play games like the sims and sim city, ceasar 2 Fifa soccer

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I guess it can handle all the game she likes. I've only tried one FIFA09 for my little brother, and my old 9400GT was able to max it out with no problems... now what I don't know is if the sims, sim city, ceasar have higher requirements.
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[QUOTE="Neubauer4"]

I am going to be upgrading my girlfriends computer for light gaming. But now this is her current specs.

AMD Athlon XP @ 1.3 GHZ

Nvidia Geforce 2 MX 400 32MB

512 MB SDRam

20 GB HDD

150 Watt PSU

LG super-mult DVD burner 20x

windows XP starter edition SP2

LG flatronic 15 inch w/ vga and DVI monitor

Now I am thinking of get this for her

AMD Phenom 9500 2.2 GHZ

ASUS 780g mATX

2 GB DDR2

WD 250 GB SATA HDD

thermal take 430 watt PSU

Visiontek ATI Radeon HD 2600pro 512 GDDR3

So how much of an upgrade will this be?

she like to play games like the sims and sim city, ceasar 2 Fifa soccer

That's one heck of an upgrade when compared to what she's currently using. However, I see no reason in spending the extra cash on the Phenom when an AMD 64 X2 6000+ would do just as good of job and it'll save you $20-40. The 6000+ will be plenty for her light gaming rig. You don't have to, just a suggestion.
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she told me a few weeks ago that the sims 2 does run well and ceasar IV will not run very well , in fact it make her computer freeze. So I think that she need an upgrade or could use that upgrade. But she is not into game like crysis or metal of honor airborne or call of duty 4. so I figure it should be enough for 2-4 years, or at lease that what I was hope-ing for.
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#6 Neubauer4
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oh yeah I forgot. its only going to cost me about $250