Low performance, lag and massive FPS drops after a new GPU

[phillpower2]

Be happy to suggest a PSU for you but what you are asking about the RAM is more important atm.

Even if such a thing was available you could not use an 8GB stick of RAM in your MB, the specs for the board here say that it can handle up to 16GB of RAM but the memory support list here only has sticks of up to 2GB on it, either way it will be an expensive upgrade, four sticks of matching DDR2 RAM which is the only type that is compatible with your board will cost almost €130 if you purchase from Amazon US here if you go to Amazon within the EU here you are looking at €437.84

[Evan_Omo]

Hi,

Also adding to what Phil stated, having an old hard drive installed in that desktop will also cause a bottleneck when playing games including FPS drops and low performance.

In order to get the most performance out of that desktop you would need to max the RAM to a total of 8 GB’s and install an SSD into that desktop along with getting a better power supply for improved power delivery.

You may want to consider pulling out the GPU and getting a brand new more modern system with a faster CPU and faster RAM that is using DDR4. DDR2 RAM is over 10 years old now and upgrading the RAM and installing an SSD and new power supply is already going to cost a few hundred dollars and your CPU will become the bottleneck and is not very good since the Phenom II series was released back in 2010.