The art of compromise

P4 2GHz
MSI AWRDACPI non-SATA
GeForce4 MX 420
512 SDRAM (uncertain of RAM type; no idea how to even check)
15" LCD Polyview
ATAPI CD-RW 40x12
WD 80GB PATA

This system was bought four-and-a-half years ago, maybe five. I have about $1000 American to play with, but my hardware knowledge is rude. What should I add? Or upgrade? Or supplement? An actual audio card interests me (and decent speakers), but I'm thinking it'll take a new motherboard - I know little about either products.

Also, I'm barely a gamer these days, but I *am* after something that will at least handle Oblivion.

Fire away.

>>6
Why? No games use nearly as much bandwidth as AGP8X provides. It's just marketing.

And SLI is worthless, as instead of just doubling your brute force with another card, in a couple of years you'll want a better video card because of new shader models and better effects. It's just a bad idea, just like the Voodoo2 SLI of old.