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After a successful first build of my pc, I realized I cheaped out where I shouldnt have. Namely on the video card and on RAM. I have a 3.0g intel, an asus mobo, abysmally low 512 mb ram, and a joke of a 128/64 Radeon 9550 video card. See where I cheaped out? My question is as follows.
I play world of warcraft and experience severe lag in high graphics intense encounters. To the point where I disconnect from their servers. I run on a cable connection so I highly doubt this connectivity issue is directly related to my internet connection. I do believe it is hardware related. Should I go for 2g of ram or an NVIDIA 256/256 graphics card first. Cost is somewhat of a factor as I will have to run my upgrade in 2 steps. The RAM I found is within my budger (CORSAIR 2x 1g ddr400 pc3200) at $170 and the video card I selected (which will require a new Antec 550W power supply to drive it) is $160 and the power supply is $90.
Which should I get first that will produce the most noticable performance increase? (for the video card fans, I cannot use PCI express unfortunately due to mobo not supporting it)
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