If u have a mid budget, get a phenom x3 tripler core they are rather cheap.

Then get the gts 250 cause it will run gta 4 without hicups, get 4gb ram ddr2 1066mhz id recommend.

If u have a decent budget, get the phenom x4 940, or 955. If u get 955 get 1600mhz of ddr3 4gb.

Then get the gtx 275, or the hd 4890. That will run the game without ever hitting lowest than 40fps.

If you are not that in much in hurry to get a pc, Wait for the dx 11 cards to come out, theyll come in all price ranges 2 months from now and theyll even play rysis at maximum.

difference 0.1 percent, i noticed more than that on benchmarks.

I would recommend the 1600mhz since the price gap is not big, only like 3 dollars per dim.

Download "setfsb" tool and overclok you processor to 2.66ghz, I dont believe there is such a power saving issue, as my friends i 920 does not act like this.

when you open ur setfsb,

-On clock generator select the model,/

-then select "ICS9148BF-26"(this number is the model of ur motherboard gigabyte ex ga58-) Then click on get fsb, then on the bar the LARGE one start clocking ur cpu until it reaches 2.66ghz.

-Hopefully this would help, Unfortunatly if this works ull have to this after every start up.

IF IT DOESNT then I really have no idea how is the bios of your mobo, u can get an expert from gigabyte to help u out updating the motherboard,

@amith12 im sorry, but u actually can update a laptop cpu, Not a video card, but u can upgrade the hard drive, the ram, and the cpu. Not the video.

hell i heard a guy upgraded his laptop screen to a glossy 1200x1920.

You are not connecting your video card in the orange slot right??? Cause that slot only supports x8 pci 1.0

your mobo is ok, INFACT that is a very good mobo, and runs games faster than normal pci express 2.0 mobos. Not by a lot, but its good.

with a gtx 260, Ur cpu will bottleneck so MMMMMMMMUUUUUUUUUCH. so get a gts 250 that way ur cpu is on par with the video card.

If you wanna game like there is no tomorrow, and u need speed, and dont care much about portability....

Then get the asus g51vt-rx05 in best buy.

It has the new gtx 260m, will run games better than an xbox lol.

the con is worth 1050 without tax. I got it for 999.99 idk why they raised the price.

Stormrise are u serious dude, That game is gonna run at 70 fps minimum

probably this wont help....

go this page

http://www.nvidia.com/object/product_geforce_gtx_295_us.html

and compare the specs with your video card.

to compare Right click on your desktop and click on nvidia control panel.

select advanced settings. and then select "system information" bottom left part.

Compare the specs, probably ur card downclocked itself, i heard it happened to some guys, Hopefully thats ur issue, and u can restore it to the clock speeds

by downloading nvidia tools from nvidia webpage.

Oh and btw can u gimme ur mobo number, there are a lot of mobos claiming to be pci 2.0 while they are not. ill try to helpful get ur card to its best.

my asus g51vt-rx05 gtx260m came downclocked compared to webpage info, and i overcloked bak to its stock settings and further and runs 85 c on max, its quite healthy i should say, and did really improve my gaming.