I'm dying to play Crysis and want to upgrade my PC so it can come as close as it can to meeting the system requirements required to run it in ALL of it's graphical splendor. I'm unsure of what I need to purchase to begin the upgrade. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

If I'm missing anything in terms of my PC specs, let me know and I'll repost with the additional info.

My PC's processor: Intel Pentium 4 CPU 3.00 GHZ (2 CPU's)
(I'm unsure if that means that I can add an additional chip to the motherboard)

My Video Card: Radeon X800GT
Chip Type: ATI Radeon Graphics Processor (0x554B)
DAC Type: International DAC (400 MHZ)

Motherboard Details:
Motherboard: CPU Type Intel Pentium 4 630, 3000 MHz (15 x 200) Motherboard Name ECS 945P-A (3 PCI, 1 PCI-E x1, 2 PCI-E x16, 4 DDR2 DIMM, Audio, Gigabit LAN) Motherboard Chipset Intel Lakeport i945P System Memory [ TRIAL VERSION ] BIOS Type AMI (10/18/05) Communication Port Communications Port (COM1) Communication Port Communications Port (COM2) Communication Port RIM Virtual Serial Port v2 (COM3) Communication Port RIM Virtual Serial Port v2 (COM4) Communication Port ECP Printer Port (LPT1)

lmao you arent going to be able to upgrade enough to do that. even todays highest powered most expensive computers, quad core processors, quad SLi, 8gigs of memory.... none of them can run crysis above high res. you would be able to run it better if you built a totally new computer. but i will se what i can do. let me know if you want to do a new build. will work on upgrade right now.

aHere. This is about as much as you can upgrade your system currently. The processor and memory are going to be big bottlenecks, just fyi.

VisionTek 900203 Radeon HD 3850 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Retail

ENERMAX Liberty ELT500AWT ATX12V 500W Power Supply - Retail

Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound - OEM

OCZ Gold Series 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ26672048ELGEGXT-K - Retail

Intel Pentium D 935 Presler 3.2GHz LGA 775 95W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80553935 - Retail

ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler - Retail

Either way, this system still wont be able to run crysis at what you want. if you have the money to spend on it, and are willing to, let me know and ill put together a totally new build. Good for you, if you decide, because the new Intel Penryn is out, and you could the first person i recommend it too. lmao

LOL, I know, I know, it was a pipe dream thinking I could get my current PC up to speed to play Crysis! I appreciate all of the info you've given me in regards to upgrading as much as I can. The whole reason this came about was because I'm running the Crysis Demo now and it looks pretty solid, so based on that I was shooting for the stars!

Just out of curiosity, what are your suggestions for building a new machine?

If you were going to build crysis monster, and a high powered computer for a decent price, this would be a great build for you. without spending $$$ out the @$$ this is one of the best builds you would be able to do.

PHILIPS 20X DVD±R DVD Burner 2-Tone SATA Model SPD2513BD - Retail

Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail

Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

PNY VCG88512GXPB G92 GeForce 8800GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 PureVideo HD Technology HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer 7.1 Channels PCI Interface Sound Card - Retail

ENERMAX Liberty ELT500AWT ATX12V 500W Power Supply - Retail

Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound - OEM

Crucial Ballistix Tracer 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model BL2KIT12864AL804 - Retail

GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3R LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80570E8400 - Retail

Microsoft Windows XP Home With SP2B 1 Pack - OEM

ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler - Retail

Thanks man, $1250 is pretty reasonable for a new Tower build. In your opinion how good would Crysis look on this build?

Also, what's the best type of video card, brand wise? Nvidia? ATI? Just out of curiosity..

Thanks again for the help