what to upgrade first?

[David198502]

hey guys!
i have a pretty crappy rig and want to upgrade for COD to get playable framerates.but i have no idea about computers so i would appreciate suggestions on what do you think i should upgrade first.i know many would suggest to buy everything new,but my budget is limited.which upgrade do you think would have the most recognizable effect?
my systemspecs:
-Mainboard S1156 INTEL DH55TC,Micro-ATX,bulk
-Prozessor INTEL Core i5-650,3,2GHz,LGA1156,Dual-Core,Boxed
-2x 2GB DDR3 RAM,1333MHz,CL9,KINGSTON ValueRAM
-PCI-E 2.1 SAPPHIRE Radeon HD5570,Lite Retail,Low Profile
-Windows 7Home Premium 64Bit

[doghous3]

Doesn't seem a bad rig to me.

Perhaps adding more RAM would be beneficial.

But really, if your budget is that tight, wait a bit for the game to be optimized and running better before deciding. My opinion anyway.

[bongodriver]

First thing to upgrade is a sense of humour and some patience, so far things have been so varied in results that it is difficult to give a comprehensive answer, but almost certainly an old rig is not going to make use of the more advanced aspects of this sim.

[David198502]

well im not depressed with my game experience in COD.and i think im a patient person.and im positive that the patches will improve performance.but i dont believe that with my current set up, i will be able to set the video settings to high and have a smooth gameplay some day.to achieve that,the best solution seems to buy a complete new pc,but i just cant afford it right now.so upgrading continuously, seems to be the only choice.for that,i would need tips what to upgrade first.

[bongodriver]

Like doghouse said some more ram won't hurt, therest of your rig doesn't sount too bad, I have no experience with ATI GF cards so cant comment too much but low-profile...Lite retail sounds as if it at the bottom end of the scale in its peer group.

[Slechtvalk]

new videocard would be best, one with 2 gig or more memory, like 6950 2 gig. More ram wouldnt help with COD (since its 32bit game).

[Fuchs]

Originally Posted by Slechtvalk

new videocard would be best, one with 2 gig or more memory, like 6950 2 gig. More ram wouldnt help with COD (since its 32bit game).

GTX 570 Phantom 3Go is a good upgrade so before, it coudl be fine to upgrade COD to a finished sim...
sory dude so i realy thing that is too early to upgrade hardware before 1C solve majors bugs

[Oldschool61]

Originally Posted by David198502

hey guys!
i have a pretty crappy rig and want to upgrade for COD to get playable framerates.but i have no idea about computers so i would appreciate suggestions on what do you think i should upgrade first.i know many would suggest to buy everything new,but my budget is limited.which upgrade do you think would have the most recognizable effect?
my systemspecs:
-Mainboard S1156 INTEL DH55TC,Micro-ATX,bulk
-Prozessor INTEL Core i5-650,3,2GHz,LGA1156,Dual-Core,Boxed
-2x 2GB DDR3 RAM,1333MHz,CL9,KINGSTON ValueRAM
-PCI-E 2.1 SAPPHIRE Radeon HD5570,Lite Retail,Low Profile
-Windows 7Home Premium 64Bit

The 5570 is certainly the weak link. However once they finished with code issues it may perform halfway decent but its definetly seen better days!!