if you can upgrade one thing and one thing only...

[Rivergater]

okay, you have:

600 mhz cpu
256 ram
geforce2 mx --32mb video card


you can upgrade one of the components, to one of the choices below:

1.2 mhz cpu
256 more ram to have total of 512
radeon 8500 video card

which would you choose? i know that it really depends on what you're doing with your computer but i'm just asking for a personal preference...

 

[minendo]

Processor.

 

[Kelvrick]

Processor. Athlon XP 1600+!!

EDIT: If you're really on a budget, a Duron 1.2ghz should serve you well

 

[gopunk]

<< Processor. >>

 

[spanky]

video card

 

[RGN]

Processor.

 

[RossMAN]

Processor then Video Card then 22" LCD

 

[GonzoDaGr8]

Processor, If your board will support the newer proc..If not, then video card. you have enough RAM.

 

[Zim Hosein]

Rivergater, of the three choices you listed go for a processor upgrade; upgrading you video card w/ your present system will not yield too much in ters of performance and the RAM upgrade would be questionable depending on the OS you are running as you did not state that in your post. Hope this helps

 

[Freejack2]

Processor will give you the most buck for the bang right now.

 

[Pr0Hawk]

<< Processor. >>

 

[FoBoT]

1.2 mhz cpu

 

[bigrash]

I'd get a faster cpu

 

[Cattlegod]

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<< Processor. >>

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[TheOmegaCode]

I'd go for the processor out of those three... Then I might get a new HDD, if yours isn't 7200rpm... You have enough RAM and your vid card is fine for now...

 

[Maleficus]

gotta go for the mad speed of that 1.2 mhz CPU

 

[yakko]

CPU.

 

[luvya]

monitor!!!!!!!!!!!!! GOTTA HAVE LCD!!

 

[Adul]

radeon 8500

 

[johndoe52]

processor, then vid, then ram

 

[rgwalt]

<< processor, then vid, then ram >>

 

[GhettoFob]

<< 1.2 mhz cpu >>


yeah gotta have that blazing 1.2 mhz cpu

 

[CKDragon]

What chipset supports both 600 Mhz and 1.2 Ghz processors? Have they made Socket A processors as low as 600 Mhz? Perhaps a very early Duron? I can't see how he can upgrade to 1.2 Ghz without upgrading the motherboard, also.

CK

 

[bizmark]

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you'll get a lot more out of a new processor than you will out of a new vid card, and a lot more out of a new vid card than you will out of more ram!

or split the difference and go to ~1Ghz and a DDR GF2 like the GTS-V...

 

[Migroo]

<< Processor. >>