Need Help- Upgrade from kt133a

[RuffRyder1672]

Currently I am running an ABIT KT7a-Raid (KT133a) with 512mb ram, an AXP 2000+ Pally, and a Radeon 9600 Pro. Would I see a big difference in graphics performance if i upgraded the proc, mobo, and ram? What would a good upgrade be if I am working on a budget?
Thanks!

[RuffRyder1672]

any suggestions?

[HvyMtl]

ok, the big question is - do you want to keep the eide raid? Most of the new motherboards no longer carry the eide raid, but sata raid. This could be an issue.
My suggestion -
If you gotta do it now - get a high end geforce 2 ultra 400 plus the mcp-t southbridge (dfi lan party nfii, asus, abit, etc.) get better ram - you could keep the cpu.
How much of a budget?
If you can wait for a few months do so - as the new athlon64 support improves (new chipsets from nvidia & SiS) that might be a better option.

[Jared701]

there are still MANY motherboards out there that have non sata raid... what games do you play? you can always see a huge increase in games by upgrading cpu ram and chipset, but if you play really old games like cs it may not show b/c you are at already being locked by the max fps of the game. some games are very graphics card intensive while others rely almost entirely on the cpu

[RuffRyder1672]

for instance, knights of the old republic seems a little bit slow (but then again, i have heard it may be the 9600 pro due to bad ati support from bioware).