Question about processor upgrade

[tVEC]

Hello
I have a Compaq Presario 6415cl with AMD Athlon XP 2000+ 1.67 ghz, 768 mb RAM. Diamond Stealth Radeon 9250 128mb AGP video card. I've noticed it's still (since adding 512 RAM to original 256) prone to crashes and slow with any game running more than bare minimum graphics level. Frequent lock-ups as well. Can I upgrade the processor and what processor would work with this computer?
Many thanks
tVEC

[pam123]

I think you've reached the end with that comp.
Strictly 2100 ram and AMD discontinued the XP line this summer and had phased out the 266 fsb processors even before that.
If a motherboard driver update improves stability then you might want to up the card to 9600 non-pro, with the power supplies they put in those compaqs that's as far as you can go.

[glc]

The 9250 is not a suitable gaming card. That Compaq computer really isn't suitable either. You crashes may be ram-related if you didn't buy the ram from a configurator, generic ram often does not work well with proprietary machines.

Proprietary mass market retail machines (Compaq, HP, Dell, Gateway) can be excellent for general use, but games often bring them to their knees. Most serious gamers either custom build or buy a gaming-specific machine such as an Alienware.