IMHO, the performance is a result of a good mobo, cpu, graphic board and
enough DRAM to avoid OS swappin'.

I own a DFI mobo, AMD K6-2 550, a TNT2 and 128 MB of RAM, and I know that
I'm short of RAM...

I must add at least 256 MB more....

RAM is a really important factor.

So, check your sw requirements, (games, apps, etc) and multiply RAM by 2.

HTH.

s

> At 11:17 PM 4/10/2002 -0400, you wrote:
> >The Matrox 450 is a good card, so IMHO it would be a bigger boost to
> >increase your processor speed by 250% on a better mobo.  The new card
> >won't operate at its limits on a 400 mhz CPU and old mobo as opposed to
> >the old card working at its limits on a new CPU and mobo.
> >
> > >I'm looking at upgrading my system (mainly with an eye towards 3D
games)
> > >and I'd like to know what would be the best move for my limited budget.
> > >
> > >I have Win98 with AMD 400, 256 SDRam, Matrox 450. The upgrade would be
Asus
> > >A7V 133 mboard, Duron 1000 and a graphics card based on the GeForce 3
GTS
> > >chip, however I can't buy all three components at once.
> > >
> > >The question is, would I get a better performance boost (remember, 3D
> > >games) from the mboard/CPU combination or the graphics card?
>
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