Smokebelch
New member
Hi guys,
Ive recently refurbished my old PC by buying a replacement motherboard after a year of it not working and have come to realise it cannot handle the games I am now looking to play. Namely Starcraft2 and Dawn of War (DoW) Retribution. I Ran the Graphics test on DoW and received an average framrate of 9fps :/ maximum 20
My Setup is
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe
Intel Dual Core 6600 @ 2.40ghz / 2.40ghz
4GB RAM - (but only 3gb usable when I look in system properties?)
Nvidia Geforce 7600 GS
42" Panasonic Viera 1080p Plasma (no image retention at all after years of heavy gaming)
550W Power supply
Basically I am looking for advice as what best to upgrade to improve performance as i have to run starcraft on the lowest settings and Dawn of War wont even run on the lowest settings
I have very limited knowledge in this area so laymans terms are very welcome.
I would be willing to Spend about £300 overall, I am willing to have some leway in this area but am basically looking for the most cost effective way possible to improve to a satisfactory level to meet my requirements
Any help much appreciated
Ive recently refurbished my old PC by buying a replacement motherboard after a year of it not working and have come to realise it cannot handle the games I am now looking to play. Namely Starcraft2 and Dawn of War (DoW) Retribution. I Ran the Graphics test on DoW and received an average framrate of 9fps :/ maximum 20

My Setup is
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe
Intel Dual Core 6600 @ 2.40ghz / 2.40ghz
4GB RAM - (but only 3gb usable when I look in system properties?)
Nvidia Geforce 7600 GS
42" Panasonic Viera 1080p Plasma (no image retention at all after years of heavy gaming)
550W Power supply
Basically I am looking for advice as what best to upgrade to improve performance as i have to run starcraft on the lowest settings and Dawn of War wont even run on the lowest settings

I would be willing to Spend about £300 overall, I am willing to have some leway in this area but am basically looking for the most cost effective way possible to improve to a satisfactory level to meet my requirements
Any help much appreciated