I'm not sure where to start, help me improve my pc

[TwoLow]

Can you guys offer some advise on how I can get the most out of my PC?

I'm not at home but will try to post some better stats but what I do know is its a Dell, the GeForce 5200 video card, 1.something gig processor(1.8 I'm wanting to say), 768 meg of ram.

I am always trying to tweak the settings in the game and never happy. Pretty = slow frame rates  :(

I've heard of overclocking and stuff and don't know what it means.

[MWISimmer]

I've heard of overclocking and stuff and don't know what it means.

Check out the_autopilot's thread here:
http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/ ... 1120793649
A good intro if you don't know much about overclocking.
Also, keep reading these forums...

[congo]

It may depend on whether or not your BIOS (Dell's special BIOS) has any overclocking options, or if speeds can be controlled from jumpers on the mainboard.

[ctjoyce]

From what I know, Dells and almost every other prebuilt system for that matter cannot be overclocked. YMy suggestion would to be get 1 gig of ram (Im guessing you have PC-133 depending on how old the system is) a new video card (ATi Radeon 9800 series or nVidia 6600 series and I'm guessing you have AGP). Also you might want to consider finding out your socket and get a new processer.

However by then your rebuilding your entire system. Your best bet is porbibly going to be buy a new motherboard, new processer, new RAM, and a new Video card. You should keep the things like Optical drives and the HDD out of the dell, but as that system is getting severly outdated fast, it would be in your intrest to buy / build a new one.

Cheers
Cameron