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    Minimum: 1.7 GHz Processor, 512MB RAM, DirectX® 8.1 level Graphics Card (Requires support for SSE), Windows® 7 (32/64-bit)/Vista/XP, Mouse, Keyboard, Internet Connection

    Recommended: Pentium 4 processor (3.0GHz, or better), 1GB RAM, DirectX® 9 level Graphics Card, Windows® 7 (32/64-bit)/Vista/XP, Mouse, Keyboard, Internet Connection


Your processor and ram are greater than cs recommended.

Adding more ram isn't going to speed anything up for you in cs, you already have enough. Windows 7 can run on 512mb of ram, so you have like 2.5gb of ram free on boot and, cs uses only even a small portion of that.

You already have a decent enough cpu, I know people that play cs on fucking atom processors if they have a capable video card (netbooks).  Your gpu is whats lacking the most. I would say your best bet would be a better video card, your $34 dollar one sucks.

http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu.p ... on+HD+4350


Find out your motherboard's sockets, if you have PCI express you can probably slap on a 80-130 dollar modern video card on itand turn cs settings on high.

I would probably go with something like this, presuming you have a fast enough pci express slot, and enough room in your case.

PCI Express 2.1:
http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu.p ... on+HD+6850

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 62334&SID=

The radeon HD 4350's I see are pci express 2.0, if you can't use a 2.1 card i'd say this would be a good alternative for a major upgrade from your current one too. You really need to check what your mobo supports.

PCI Express 2.0:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814127573

http://videocardbenchmark.net/gpu.php?g ... GTX+550+Ti