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Upgrading the CPU alone means you will have to get a new video card that uses AGP (and not PCIe). Today, there are almost no new cards that use AGP and the ones out there are VERY EXPENSIVE and MUCH SLOWER than the PCIe ones. To get a modest speed increase, you'll have to spend $300-$400 on a tech thats already dead and buried.
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I (unfortunately) know all about that..
My video card is getting pretty "ancient" right now, but when I bought it in october 2005 it was pretty good but very expensive since I had to buy an AGP card (couldn't afford to upgrade the CPU/Motherboard/memory).
Bought a Sapphire Radeon X800XL 256MB GDDR3 AGP8X for $360 + $40 for Artic Cooling kit, and I could have got a similar (or better) PCIe card at least 2/3 of that price...
So I agree with mmarsh that you should look for a completely new system instead of "throwing money out of the window" by buying a new AGP card now...
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i'm looking into getting a new video/sound card for my pc
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It depends on what kind of speakers you have and if it's for gaming only etc., but a Creative SB X-Fi Xtreme doesn't cost very much, and it's also possible that you don't need to buy a new sound card at all if you upgrade your motherboard since most new boards comes with decent integrated sound cards (for normal use...)