upgrading help...

I'm thinking of upgrading my already obsolete but at the same time trying to salvage most of the old part...my spec is as below:

Gigabyte GA-81PE1000-G
Intel Pentium 4 FSB 400MHz S478
2 X 256MB DDR400 Kingston Value RAM
1 x 256MB DDR266 Samsung RAM
Winfast nVidia A7600 GT
Stock 450W PSU
Sony DVD-RW

my idea is to upgrade the motherboard with MSI MS7097 i865PE NEO3-V and the processor with Pentium 4 531 3.0 GHz FSB 800MHz...the graphic card is still new, so i'm searching for a motherboard thas has an agp slot and also the slot for DDR1...that way i can save alot...

actually i'm trying to play the Elder Scroll 4: oblivion...the current system i have only yield in average 10 FPS when outdoor...even when the graphic detail are very low...so i figure out it is something other than the graphic card...it must be bcoz of the processor rite? opinion anyone?

Completely agree with yas here.. Too old to possibly upgrade with any substantial gain for investment. Sorry dood.

well...i forgot about the currency, the upgrade cost me around USD 151 with the motherboard plus processor...the cost to buy a new one is about USD 1000...which rite now i cant afford...if i upgrade the processor and the motherboard, will the performance change slightly or greatly? if it's only slightly, then i wont be able to play oblivion and i can save my money...

If you want to upgrade you current system i would suggest getting another stick of ram to take the pressure of your hdd and reduce hitching.

As for playing oblivion smoothly you will need atleast a 7950GT 512MB PCI-E
Video Card,Core 2 Duo E6300 CPU,ABIT AB9 Mobo,Cosair 2x2GB PC5300 DDR Value select RAM and a SATA2 Hard Drive !

You could leave you currant system and buy a new one, because unless you get some more ram and a better AGP video card your current system you have no hope of getting decent frames with your computer, sorry.

If you don't belive your video card and RAM and take oblivion let me tell you.

My old video card (when it was working fine) was a Inno3D 7900GT 256MB @ stock and it got 8FPS(in the dense forest) and 22FPS (in a village) using Max settings no AA at 1280x1024 res

So your 7600GT has no hope in hell in getting better frames !