Hi
I’ve got a new confidence since I fixed my computers overclocking error basically by taking it apart and putting it back together after cleaning the “gunk” off the processor and fan, and cleaning a lot of dust from the fan. Now I’m working fine.
However, I want to play Assassins Creed and probably need an upgrade anyway to my system, not only for gaming purposes.
Here are the failures:
CPU
Minimum: Dual core processor 2.6 GHz Intel? Pentium? D or AMD Athlon? 64 X2 3800+
You Have: AMD Sempron(tm) Processor 2500+
Video Card
Minimum: 256 MB DirectX? 10.0?compliant video card or DirectX 9.0?compliant card with Shader Model 3.0 or higher (NVIDIA GeForce 6800+ / ATI Radeon X1600+)
You Have: RADEON 9600 SERIES (ATI Radeon Graphics Processor AGP (0x4150))
Video Card Features – Minimum attributes of your Video Card Video RAM: Required – 256 MB , You have – 128 MB
Video Card 3D Acceleration: Required – Yes , You have – Yes
Video HW Transform & Lighting: Required – Yes , You have – Yes
Vertex Shader Ver.: Required – 3.0 , You have – 2.0
Pixel Shader Ver.: Required – 3.0 , You have – 2.0
So it looks as though I need an upgraded processor and video card.
Is it as simple as replacing the parts with better parts, or will I need to complete rebuild the machine?
In other words will I lose my work, software and settings if I upgrade to Athlon 3800+ and change the video card?
In summary,
Can I simply change the processor?
Can I simply change the graphics card?
And can I simply add to the current 1G RAM?
How?
Thanks for your expertise.
