A little advice

[PersianPrince]

Hi Guys,

I brought a computer a few years ago and it has done me good with other Total war games, I had a little lag but it was manageable, but when I play Shogun 2, I have to bring the graphics to 'low' to be able to get better graphic (grey blocks come on 'high' settings).

I was wondering what I could do to my computer to make it better and more powerful machine.
I am a total novice when it comes to this, but would appreciate any feedback.

MY current computer is Packard bell ietreme 16523
windows premium 7 64bit
intel core i5 processor 650
500gb drive
ati radeon hd 5450 512mb
(i read that of the computer)

Can anyone advice what I will need to do, without buying a new PC.

Thanks in advance.

[The Dutch Devil]

Thread moved from Shogun II general discussion to the basement.

[OCWife]

Upgrade your video card. How much RAM do you have? Make your RAM minimum 4GB. What is your Motherboard? You may have to upgrade your power unit if you get new video card. If your case is too small to fit newer video cards...you'll just have to get a new one.

[PersianPrince]

Hi OCWife,

Thanks for getting back to me.

i5 650 @3.2GHz
3GB DDR3 @ 700Mhz
Radeon 5450 With 500Mb of RAM sorry im a total noob at this.

does that make any sense?

Any help again would be appreciated.
Thanks.