It took me a longer than it should have to figure out that the problem is that my processor is hovering at the minimum requirements for the game! Eek! I'm on an Core 2 Duo E6700 2.66Ghz and the game minimum is a Core 2 Duo 2.4Ghz. Yeesh!
Anyways, it's time for an upgrade of my processor. And we all know that this is a slippery slope... a brand new processor most likely will need me to upgrade my motherboard, which will lead to an upgrade in RAM, etc etc...
Here is my current system:
- ASUS P5B LGA 775 Intel P965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard
- Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 Conroe 2.66GHz
- G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (x 3 = 6GB total)
- ATI Radeon HD 5850 1 GB DDR5 PCI-E Video Card
Anyone have any tips? What's the best option in terms of performance (assuming money isn't an issue)? What's the best cost-effective upgrade?
I bought this setup back in 2006, so it's lasted me without issue for 5 years. I think I'd prefer to go high-end and not have to worry about another upgrade for that time.