Quote Originally Posted by dcd111
After doing a little upgrading based on some recommendations I received earlier in this thread, I've got the following:

Pentium 4 2.4 (512 L2 cache, 800 FSB)
1.5 GB pc3200 RAM
PNY Verto GeForce 6800GT AGP (overclocking at Ultra levels without any artifacts or other problems)

The demo runs well enough with this setup, I'm not particularly obsessed with framerate and can live without shadows (shadows on low look worse than no shadows in my opinion anyway).

However, at this point, I recognize that the processor is probably my biggest remaining limitation. There's no way I'm getting a new motherboard right now, and the upper limit on my particular socket 478 motherboard is a Pentium 4 3.4 Ghz (512 L2 cache). They can be had for somewhere between $100-$130 on ebay, maybe less, but I'm not sure such an upgrade would even be worthwhile.

How much does a game like this depend on processor speed, and would an increase from 2.4 to 3.4 make a noticeable difference considering my other components? I don't play MP, so I'm not expecting massive numbers of men on the field at once.

Thanks in advance.
I hate to repost the same thing over again, but posts can get swept off the page quickly in this thread, it's possible nobody noticed it. Anybody have any thoughts on this?