Quote Originally Posted by Bootsiuv
That's sort of why I was wondering if my processor was still adequate....the new processor I'm currently looking at would actually appear to be slower than the one I have now, but I assume having two processors speeds things up considerably.

Man, I assure you, new core2duo is extremely fast. With 1GHz it will be faster than 3GHz pentium4, overclock it to 3,0+ GHz with stock cooler, and it will be just monster.

I haven't read hard-news for a while, but I think things aren't changed drastically. So :
GeForce 8800GTS 320MB $300
RAM: CORSAIR XMS2 2GB DDR2-800 $105
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 Conroe 2.33GHz 4M $175 maybe E6750
Motherboard: EVGA 680i $205
Of course new PSU 600 W from Thermaltake for ex.

For those games you listed this won't be enough for max settings, and you know, for other adequate stuff like 19" high quality LCD, power sound system, new harddrive, ......... you need to spent another $1000