What do i need to upgrade next?

[Vengeanze]

Originally Posted by SQB

whilst on the topic of upgrades, I am wondering which of this should be replaced, I can only run Clod at ~20-30fps with huge stutters.

ATI RADEON 68701gb
Q8400
4gb ram
500W homebuilt power supply

Hmm, you should get more frames out of that system. The Q8400 is quadcore at stock 2,66GHz. You should be able to overclock well over 3 GHz.
Your g-card and ram is sufficient for max settings.

You're running XP? At what resolution?