I came across the Dell outlet recently, as I was thinking of upgrading my current PC. My current one is OK, but struggles to play anything on good settings, except LFS. It has:

2.6Ghz Intel P4
3GB 3200Mhz RAM
128MB Radeon 9800 Pro

It was built from a 7 year old Dell, so all-in-all it's had a good run. At the Dell Outlet, I can get brand new XPSs for ~€700, without a monitor. Would that be a better way of future proofing, as opposed to spending €400 to keep the current one going another while? I don't know how much longer my current one can keep going before it just gives up, it still has the original GFX card, PSU and motherboard...

I think that video card is either AGP or PCI

im 99% that its not PCIe .. lol


I'd recommend a new video card. .. which will get you better fps in games..

but for the better games out there you will need to upgrade new mobo, psu.. etc

It is AGP, but if I get the new mobo and everything, it will have PCI-e...The question was am I better off buying a brand new one for €700, or spending €400-500 to upgrade my current one

new one