Next Upgrade For This System?

[i game with a gateway]

ok, third time you guys helped me, way back from the vid card i am just on a dif name cuz my other name got locked out. anywho.

Intel Pentium 4 3GHz 530
1GB (512MB x 2)
250GB SATA HDD
BFG 6600GT ~ (blew up, being RMA'd, right now a x300)
Creative Sound Blaster Live! 24bit PCI
Aero Cool LED fans 120mm fans x 2
Logitech Headset
Sony 17inch Flat Panel Monitor
Dual Layer dvd burner, dvd rom also
Logitech wireless mouse and keyboard.
Antec True 480w

any ideas on what i should upgrade next?

budget ~ $200

pc is used only for gaming (BF2 and BFV)

thanks in advance

 

[amplemind]

See if X800XL drops in price to 200$ and get that, or you can get another 1GB of memory.

 

[suszterpatt]

BF2 would like another gig of RAM.

 

[i game with a gateway]

hmm well i considered the ram, but i thought it will only need 2gb on high textures

 

[feelthaflo]

Get the most out of you video card with a CRT monitor (space permitting). My Samsung SyncMaster 997DF goes for under 200 and maxes out at 2048x1536 at 60Hz. It's also a 19". Your 17" LCD probably maxes out at 1600x1200 (if you're lucky), with a response time of 12-25ms? Which means that the maximum framerate that it can even display is 40fps (assuming 25ms response). That's the best upgrade I can see for under 200 bucks, especially if all you use it for is gaming. Your graphics card is decent enough and 1GB should be enough RAM for most games. With an LCD, overclocking or upgrading for extra frames or more resolution will make no difference at all if your monitor can't even display them, rendering(like the pun?) an new graphics card all but useless.