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Upgrade GPU to the new ATI Radeon 3870 (single) for high end games like Crysis,

COD4, Gears of War, Halo 2? Built a basic budget level "rig" this past summer w/the following specs:
Abit Fatality F-190 HD motherboard
Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.2 GHZ w/4 MB cache, 1066 MHZ fsb
OCZ (gold XTC series) 2048 MB DDR2 RAM w/800 MHZ fsb
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Gamer edition SPU w/EAX, CMSS 3D, 24bit HD sound processing, 2.1-7.1 channel surround & THX certified
ATI (Diamond) Radeon X1550 Stealth Pro GPU w/512 MB DDR2,450 MHZ core clock 530 MHZ memory clock,anti aliasing 16x,128 bit HDR,106 million transistors on 80 nm & Vista certified
Maxtor 500 GB 7200 RPM (Serial ATA) HDD w/16 MB buffer
Samsung Writemaster Multi-Combo ROM drive w/Lightscribe
Raidmax Sagitta Case
Envision H190L 20" TFT LCD w/8ms repsonse time max 1280x1024 resolution
Vista 32 bit Home Prem. It lags in certain areas in Halo 2 on 1024x768 res., Flight Sim X crashes when I tweak the visual settings just a notch. Have'nt tried any other games yet but should I up the graphics card for these games? or just upgrade RAM to 3072 MB?
Antec 450 Watt PSU
 
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