Need a small upgrade

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DethMuffiin

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I have a pretty bad computer and I want to spend a little money and make it a little better. I dont want to spend over $100. I need some expert advice to tell me how I can upgrade my computer the most within this budget. My Computer stats are

-Intel Pentium DUal CPU 2.2
-Nvidia 7200gs/7300se
-Biostar mobo
-2gbram

I would really appreciate the help, thanks.
 
I just remembered that I am going to need a new power supply, dont mention it, because I am already aware of it. So besides the power supply, do I need to upgrade anything else on my system?
 
Get the 9800GT and a good PSU and you'll be set.

FYI - I had that same 9800GT and it has some serious cooling issues. The fan was a piece of shit. I love XFX, but you may want to go with EVGA model. That's just my personal experience, and I think a few others in the newegg reviews had the same issues.

Good, affordable power supply
 
DethMuffiin said:
There are alot of EVGA 9800gt models, which one is best?
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There are four at newegg. I'd recommend the one in my previous post. The superclocked edition is faster, but you can overclock the card yourself, so it's not worth the additional 30 dollars.
 
Bottlenecking isn't necessarily your CPU not being able to use a graphics card, but your CPUs ability to run a game. See, with a really weak CPU and a powerful graphics card, your CPU might be holding back your graphics card, basically, only allowing the games to run so smoothly. But with that you should be fine. There may be a slight bottleneck, but nothing to be worried about.

Sorry if that's a terrible explanation, it's early.
 
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