upgrading my pc - advice please

tentickles666

afternoon, im wanting to upgrade my pc its a good few years old but i cant afford to replace it just yet!

ive been playing skyrim, which will play on my system but only just, its very laggy! im guessing i need to upgrade the graphics card and get some more ddr2 as there is only 2gb in there but im after some advice as to if i need to change anything else too. im on a smaller budget too

im running vista home basic, its a packard bell imedia b2619

system info tells me this:

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System Information

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System Manufacturer: Packard Bell BV
System Model: IMEDIA B2619 UK
BIOS: Default System BIOS
Processor: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU E1500 @ 2.20GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.2GHz
Memory: 1790MB RAM
Page File: 1320MB used, 2511MB available


what else do i need to know? i think its obvious im not that sure what im doing but im eager to learn!

thanks in advance

Figment

Before you go spending any money, I suggest you follow the instructions in closed's excellent topic which will ensure that only stuff that really needs to be running is.

TakeThis

Motherboard Specs

Standard PCI Express x16 slot available. But your power supply will likely limit your choice of graphics card. Plus a decent gaming card costs a bit. For instance; this Nvidia GT 440 for around £54.

You can buy a cheaper card, but I don't know if it will help with your gaming performance.