looking to upgrade

[wiskyfog]

Specs:
2.20 gigahertz AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core
256 kilobyte primary memory cache
1024 kilobyte secondary memory cache
64-bit ready
Multi-core (2 total)
Not hyper-threaded
Board: ASUSTek Computer INC. Amberine 1.03
Bus Clock: 200 megahertz
BIOS: Phoenix Technologies, LTD 3.07 07/29/2005
250.03 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
148.54 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space


NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 [Display adapter]
HP f2105 [Monitor] (20.9"vis, s/n CNK55203Q5, December 2005)
Conexant Falcon II NTSC Video Capture
Creative SB Audigy 4 (WDM)
NVIDIA High Definition Audio (4x)
2560 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory

Slot 'A0' has 1024 MB
Slot 'A1' has 1024 MB
Slot 'A2' has 256 MB
Slot 'A3' has 256 MB

Obviously, an older model with "some" upgrades as far as a new board,and graphics card but would like some input what to do next, slim budget possibly 200.00 bucks

[titanic3]

You could shoot for a newer graphics card, probably the only one that'll comfortably work is the Radeon 7750 since its power consumption isn't too far off of the GT 430. Outside of that, there's not much you can do besides saving up for a new PC.

[Bizman]

You could shoot for a newer graphics card, probably the only one that'll comfortably work is the Radeon 7750 since its power consumption isn't too far off of the GT 430. Outside of that, there's not much you can do besides saving up for a new PC.

+1

The worst bottleneck is the AMD processor, which may not use both cores for running AH. Changing that would mean to change the motherboard, too, and those two are the most valuable parts of a new rig. The HD7750 is a good card even when considered as a start of a totally new computer in a year or two.