Advice appreciated! New computer or upgrade?!

[Stephen1000]

Although my computer will run the latest games, the graphics are pretty rubbish on the low settings and I was thinking of getting a new computer. I've had this one now for a few years.

I was considering saving for the Chillblast Fusion Sidewinder http://www.pcpro.co.uk/buyer-labs/23...idewinder.html

but don't want to fork out all that money if I can upgrade mine for a lot less. I know its not as simple as just buying a new graphics card though!

What is the best thing for me to do? What would you recommend?

Thanks

Stephen

PS My specs are as follows:

Computer:
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
OS Service Pack Service Pack 2
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)


Motherboard:
CPU Type DualCore AMD Athlon 64 X2, 2417 MHz (12 x 201) 4600+
Motherboard Name Asus A8N-SLI (3 PCI, 2 PCI-E x1, 2 PCI-E x16, 4 DDR DIMM, Audio, Gigabit LAN)
Motherboard Chipset nVIDIA nForce4 SLI, AMD Hammer
System Memory 2048 MB (PC3200 DDR SDRAM)
BIOS Type Award (11/25/05)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port ECP Printer Port (LPT1)

Display:
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX (256 MB)
3D Accelerator nVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX
Monitor Plug and Play Monitor [NoDB] (Q6S054900117)


Storage:
IDE Controller Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller
IDE Controller Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller
IDE Controller Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller
SCSI/RAID Controller MagicISO SCSI Host Controller
SCSI/RAID Controller SCSI/RAID Host Controller
Floppy Drive Floppy disk drive
Disk Drive Maxtor 6V300F0 (279 GB, IDE)
Disk Drive Maxtor Basics Desktop USB Device (465 GB, Optical Drive SONY DVD RW DW-G120A
Optical Drive SONY DVD-ROM DDU1615 (16x/48x DVD-ROM)
SMART Hard Disks Status OK

Partitions:
C: (NTFS) 281678 MB (77252 MB free)
I: (NTFS) 476937 MB (99336 MB free)
Total Size 740.8 GB (172.4 GB free)

Input:
Keyboard Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse PS/2 Compatible Mouse

Network:
Network Adapter NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller - Packet Scheduler Miniport (192.168.0.118)
Modem PCI SoftV92 Modem

[Monty007]

Hi, a fast PC but your paying a lot for it. Your PC is not worth spending $$ on.