More like telling developers that great games sell.

The problem is not piracy, but developers getting lazy and releasing half-assed ports and generic games instead of actual good products.

As long as it's as action-packed as Crysis, I wouldn't mind it being 5-6 hours long.

Heck, I wish it's Assault/Onslaught-intense from beginning to end.

You should really just upgrade your motherboard. Seeing as how you have a C2D chip, you already have DDR2 memory, so all you need is a new motherboard before you could use a PCI-e graphics card. I suggest you increase your budget by about $50, then you can get a much better graphics card for the same price.kodex1717

EDIT: Uhh, yeah. I'm also confused as to how you have an AGP slot. Some motherboard manufactures put AGP on their boards along with PCI-e, but you'd also have a PCI-e slot. Either you're confused and don't have an AGP slot, or you're confused and don't have a C2D.kodex1717

Gigabyte EP35C-DS3R motherboard $130

AMD Radeon HD4850 video card $185

4GB DDR2 800 RAM $88

500GB 7,200RPM HDD $80

550W PSU $65

Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit $110

Intel C2Q Q6600 $190

Tota: ~$848 US Dollars. It should be about 900 Euros (because parts are slightly more expensive in Europe)

The CPU will most likely bottleneck the GPU. If you're going to buy a single video card (that is, not a SLI/CrossFire setup nor a X2 model), a 550W PSU should be more than enough.

How many fans does your case currently have? Does it have room for more? I'd recommend having at least 3 (that is, on in the back and two on the side).

As that Indiana Jones guy said, you'll need to buy a new computer. The only things you can upgrade on a laptop are the hard drive and the RAM (unless you get incredibly creative and mod it entirely).

The T processor gave it away, as well as the Mobile video card.

A single HD4870 should be more than enough.

Unless you're planning on playing on exorbitantly-high resolutions, you won't need a X2 card, nor a CrossFire/SLi setup.

One 4870 can max out any game that's currently available @ 1080p with AA and AF with no problem (with the obvious exception of Crysis), and there don't seem to be many graphically-intensive games coming out soon, besides Far Cry 2. But then again, if it can run Crysis at a pefect framerate, FC2 won't be a problem.

How does original poster have a core 2 duo 6320 with an agp 8x slot?Gamerkat

Unless you have a monitor with a resolution higher than 1680x1050, simply grab an HD4850, or wait for the HD4850x2.

A Gigabyte DS3R mobo would've worked better.

The DDR2 RAM is great. Don't bother spending $100 more on DDR3, it's not worth it.

Even if you go SLi, 1100 watts is overkill. A 700w PSU would've been perfect, but for a single card, a good quality 600w one would be much, much better.

Instead of the Phenom, you should've grabbed a Q6600. Coupled with a Zalman 9700 or any other high-quality heatsink, you could overclock it all the way up to 3.4ghz, and probably even higher. Even at stock speeds, it's on-par with AMD's current high-end processors.