The epic struggle.....1680x1050

Right now I have a p4 3.2ghz, 7600gt, ddr 1gb ram and a good set of HDD. I recently purcased the 226bw and am having trouble playing games at its native res of 1680x1050.

I work hard and am a bit poor but have managed to scrape together 800 aussie dollars.

And so i plan on getting this as well as a new case. http://www.auspcmarket.com.au/index.php?redir=http://www.auspcmarket.com.au/show_image_products.php?input[category_id]=431

Will the E6600, 2 GB ram and my 7600gt combo be enough to run my games at 1680 reso? Will there even be a worthy performance increase?

Ultimately, it's the videocard that allows you to have good framerates at higher resolutions. A new CPU will only help so much.

Well i suppose the other question is....how much is my current cpu bottlenecking me, if at all?Pyro_Shrapnel

would it be good to drop an 8800gts in there now and get the other upgrade later? would it be that much of an improvement? or should i wait for the next gen to come out?

bump?