Upgrade paths?

[TwistedJester]

I'm fairly pleased with my system (although I feel like it could be doing better) however, with Oblivion coming out, I think I should upgrade. My current specs are:
AMD64 Athlon 3200+ (OC'd to 2.3Ghz)
MSI K8N Neo4 Mobo
PowerColor X800XL 256MB PCI-E
1 Gig of PC3200 (one 512 stick of Corsair Value Select, one 512 stick of Rosewill)

According to this thread at the offical Eldar Srolls forum, my system should be able to handle it easily, but I honestly find that hard to believe since I have to run BF2 at medium at 1024x768 and still get a bit of slowdown. I'm not sure what to upgrade though. I'm afraid that my RAM is a bit of a problem since it's only one gig and one of the sticks is kind of a cheap brand. I also don't have a lot of cash and would like to limit the upgrade to either new RAM, new video card, or both if it's REALLY necessary. Which would path would you recommend?

 

[discochan]

I would upgrade the ram over the graphics card

 

[TwistedJester]

What exactly should I do as far as upgrading the ram? Should I just toss what I have now and get two gigs of some great brand (suggestions?), or could I get away with just tossing the Rosewill and buying 1.5 gigs of Corsair Value Select?

 

[TwistedJester]

I hate to bump my own thread but does anyone else have any input? I'd like to get as many opinions as possible before making my decision.

 

[General Crespin]

Yeah, I would go for selling what you have and getting some Corsair or OCZ or whatever.

Morrowind is one of those games that gobbles up any power it can get, Oblivion will probably be similar.