lol, do you really need guidance?

www.newegg.com

Choose the most expensive parts you find. they will fit together.

AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ Windsor 3.0GHz Socket AM2 Processor Model ADX6000CZBOX - Retail

MSI K9AG Neo2-Digital AM2 AMD 690G HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail

Thermaltake TR2 RX W0146RU ATX12V Ver2.2 450W Power Supply - Retail

EVGA 320-P2-N811-AR GeForce 8800GTS 320MB 320-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail

Seagate ST3500631NS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

Western Digital Caviar SE WD2500JB 250GB 7200 RPM IDE Ultra ATA100 Hard Drive - OEM for backups (optional)

Patriot Extreme Performance 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model PDC22G6400LLK - Retail

LITE-ON 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black SATA Model LH-20A1L-06 - Retail

COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05-UW Black Aluminum Bezel , SECC Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail

Microsoft Windows XP Professional With SP2B 1 Pack - OEM

Total = $1090

-$70 mail in rebate

Final: $1020

AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ Windsor 3.0GHz Socket AM2 Processor Model ADX6000CZBOX - Retail

MSI K9AG Neo2-Digital AM2 AMD 690G HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail

Thermaltake TR2 RX W0146RU ATX12V Ver2.2 450W Power Supply - Retail

EVGA 320-P2-N811-AR GeForce 8800GTS 320MB 320-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail

Seagate ST3500631NS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

Western Digital Caviar SE WD2500JB 250GB 7200 RPM IDE Ultra ATA100 Hard Drive - OEM for backups (optional)

Patriot Extreme Performance 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model PDC22G6400LLK - Retail

LITE-ON 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black SATA Model LH-20A1L-06 - Retail

COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05-UW Black Aluminum Bezel , SECC Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail

Microsoft Windows XP Professional With SP2B 1 Pack - OEM

Total = $1090

-$70 mail in rebate

Final: $1020

hmm it could certainly help , if I understood you correctly , your rig is really old , maybe consider getting a new better rig instead of such an expensive card. I also had an old rig once and thought that by placing a really better card it would fix the lag and bad performance ,but guess what ? I't didn't work... Now I got a new rig and medium performance card and it works dreamfully !samu99

WHAT?! OLD?! omg...

No, nothing old there. The graphics card is a mid range, that's all. That's a kick ass PC, not as much as the GTX, obviously, but that's a very good PC!

I put a fan onto my case and now my CPU temps won't go over 49-50c. That's a 6C gain, used to go all the way to 55-56c at full load.

Gratz!

Could this bring me troubles in the future?

9.2 with editor's choice probably.

I don't know much I'd give to it thou

Lol Vista is fine for me...I have an E6420 @ 2.13ghz, 2 gigs of 667mhz ram, and an 8600GT. I can run run the Crysis demo at like Medium with a few settings on low at like 30-40 FPS. Might be just the Beta. I mean he did say that he can run all other games so I don't see why Vista would be the problem.

Ichalabon

Yeah, but World in Conflict is not on beta anymore.

You have to download it from Steam also,well I won't be getting it..It took almost a day and half to download "Lost planet" yesterday from their server.I just want a game I can put in,register the key and play.

Lauryn2000

Same thing happend to me with Lost Planet too. I installed from a CD that came as a gift on my 8800gts, and had to wait around 12houts to play it... how dumb!