Gigabyte GeForce 6600GT PCIe Cooling.

[Brawler]

I take it your current is socket 939?
I'd leave it for now, a AthlonX2 4600+ is more than ample.

No real point getting new mb, cpu & ram when all you need is new gfx.

 

[Brawler]

Time for an off topic post.

I've downloaded 3DMark06 and ran the test.
I got 1627 3DMARKS
I've read in a previous post that the mark are mostly for your Graphics Card but I wondered if my processor could boost it a bit. I was Wrong.
System Specs:
Mainboard : EPoX COMPUTER CO., LTD MCP61S DDR2: AGF6110-M Series
Chipset : Athlon 64 / Opteron HyperTransport Technology Configuration
Processor : AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ @ 2400 MHz
Physical Memory : 1024 MB (1 x 1024 DDR2-SDRAM )
Video Card : Nvidia Corp GeForce 6600 GT
Hard Disk : ST3250820AS (250 GB)
Hard Disk : ST340014A (40 GB)
DVD-Rom Drive : HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GSA-H20L
Monitor Type : Acer AL1906 - 19 inchs
O/S : Microsoft Windows XP Professional 5.01.2600 Service Pack 2
DirectX : Version 9.0c

Thats all of it.

judging by your RAM you already have a socket AM2 motherboard
Older sockets use DDR1

 

[AzAzEl656]

heh. yeah. guess i should just wait then. i'll save up some cash and get a nother 1gb of ram first.

 

[The_Assimilator]

Yeah, that low 3DMark score is almost certainly because your motherboard is seeing the card as a single 6600GT - so basically you only have access to half of its performance. Find someone with a compatible Gigabyte motherboard and sell that card to them, it's not doing you much good.