You may not want to make the mistake of upgrading your whole computer for a game of unknown quality. Many people made that mistake with Crysis 1.
^ I second that, especially for Crysis. My PC should easily run it but it’s still so badly optimised and buggy that it has difficulty (even on Medium settings) despite other new releases running fine maxed out.
My PC lags in Episode 2 but crysis always gets 40FPS+ on very high because I have a Gef0rce. Damn you nvidia, I already finished crysis 5 times.
stop trolling
dual GPU is not for gaming.
Furthermore his CPU (and RAM, but I hope he will upgrade this definitely) is the real weak point in his system.
So it doesn’t make any sense to upgrade his graphics to an higher graphicscard than hd 5770.
He has to build a complete new computer with core i5/7 or phenom II x4/x6, 8 gigs of Ram, 600W PSU and HD 6970/GTX580. But since there is no graphic development in games it’s not that necessary.
Wrong.
I swear I can prove it.
Actually EP2 doesn’t lag, but it stutters every minute or so, crysis doesn’t.
Wow, to correct a few misconceptions:
Forget about the 5xxx series of nVidia card. 5970 has severe microstuttering and only performs as well as two 5850s, and the 5870 is only a little better than the newer 6870 and a little worse than the similarly priced 6950.
Forget the older Core i7 line if you’re a gamer. The Core i5 750/760 will overclock just as well as any i7, and the lack of hyperthreading makes absolutely no effect on gaming. The Phenom IIs also cost less and perform very similarly.
EVEN if the rest of your system wasn’t a bottleneck (your dual-core and other parts are definitely bottlenecks though), you wouldn’t just be able to drop the GTX 580 or any other high-performance card in there due to what is most likely a very weak power supply.
Either settle for a low-end cheapo video card that isn’t too demanding of power and won’t push the rest of your hardware past its limits, or build a totally new system from scratch.
no your right, though, it would be more beneficial for you to get a quad or hyperthreaded processor. BTW, you will probably want 4 gigs, 64 bit. also I dont know why you would whine about getting a new computer any way, your current one is obviously very old, its probably getting to the point where its more expensive to continue to live with the current one and continually maintain it upgrade it and repair it. also ATI is cheaper and better than NVIDIA. You don’t need cores to play games, unless you want your gpu to melt in two years or NVidia have another planed obsolesce update like the one they had to get people off of using the 8000 series.
ALSO russilkiller is correct,
What I don’t get is how the fuck can he stand to run vista on 894 MBs??? That thing probably runs worse than my dad’s 8 year old piece of shit.
Vista is teh ram cancer, even if you tweak the hell out of it, go windows 7 or XP.
That’s why I’ve recommended hd 5770. If his PSU isn’t weaker than 350W, this system should run pretty well.
Sources: https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-hd-5770,2446-15.html
https://www.hartware.net/review_1003_13.html
Well from all the feedback im thinking of saveing up an assload to build a new computer,
Processor: Intel Core 2 DUO @ 2.2GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+
Memory: 2.0 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS/64
Sound good anyone?
Er…you’re building that, or that’s what you’re using now? 'Cause if that’s what you’re building, then my reaction is: 
In other words the spec you have there is very outdated. You will pay legacy pricing on the processor, 2gb of ram for 7 64bit is barely enough, the 8800GTS is something like 3 years+ old.
A better idea if your budget is limited would be:
CPU - AMD Athlon II x3 445 - $75ish, £55ish
Mobo - AM3 socket, make sure it has “ACC” or an automatic core unlocking feature - $70-$100 is all you need to spend
RAM - 4gb DDR3, should come in at around $50ish/£40
GPU - Try to stretch to a GTX460 1GB or 6850 if you can ($200). If not then a GTS450 or 5770 will be able to max most games up to a resolution of 1680x1050 ($130)
PSU - A decent brand of 500-600w - about $60
Case - Would recommend a full tower case for airflow but anything of your choice really. I like the Antec 300 as it’s amazing quality for the price. - $55
Comes in at around $500 if you choose the GTX 460 1GB/6870, around $430 if you choose the GTS 450/5770.
The 445 is great bang for buck, particularly if you are lucky enough to have a chip that has a stable core to unlock. Most AM3 motherboards can do that automatically. I’ve recently done it myself on a different processor, an AMD Phenom II x2 545, which turned into a Phenom II x4!
Even if you can’t unlock the extra core it’s still more than enough processor for most people.
For a budget computer this is very good advice, and if you need a specific PSU suggestion the Antec Earthwatts 650w is a good PSU for the price that should power a low-end system like that well.
Thanks russilker. When I put prices in $ I mean USD$ and prices are just estimated by looking at newegg.com. I personally think 650w is overkill, 500w should be more than adequate but Antec are good. OCZ, Coolermaster and Corsair are all good makes too.
650W for a low end system. Someone who says that has no idea how a PSU works.
What? It gives you just enough room for a crossfire 6850 configuration to upgrade in the future, plus Antec makes good power supplies, and it isn’t much more expensive than other 500w brand-name PSUs.
Who needs Crossfire?!
Btw hd 5870 is better than hd 6850…
Maybe gamers need crossfire? That’s kind of a retarded question, its a good way of increasing performance down the line
Yes, the $280 5870 gives slightly better performance than the $180 6850… why wouldn’t it? The 6850 on the other hand has MUCH better crossfire scaling, better tessellation performance, consumes less power, is smaller, cheaper, newer… For $20 more than the 5870 you can get the 6950 which performs just as well but with double the memory and all of the other perks of the new 6xxx series.