Originally Posted by Lasereth

Before you upgrade, you really need to prioritize the parts of your PC that need upgrading. Your videocard sucks and the one you are looking to purchase (9600 SE) sucks as well. BF1942 would barely run any better than before if you upgraded to a faster processor. BF1942 doesn't care about your processor that much -- it's waay more interested in your videocard and RAM amounts.

Your processor isn't that bad. It could go for an upgrading, but I'm telling you right now that upgrading the processor would not increase game performance at all (5% max). You need to buy a *good* videocard and a large amount of RAM for games...the processor is actually the aspect of a gaming system that matters the least.

If you do want to ugprade, please get a GeForce 5600 Ultra or Radeon 9600 Pro. Buying a 9600 SE is not an upgrade. Make sure to have at least 768 MB of RAM as well. A processor is important in overall computing, but for games, the videocard and RAM are where it's at.

-Lasereth