which is the better upgrade?

[paintballpro98]

2600+ and 512mb pc2700
or
radeon 9600xt
to my system in sig

edit: for gaming also are bartons performing much better than the 256k catches?

 

[djnes]

I'm inclined to go with the video card, but both options should give you a nice upgrade. Sorry if that doesn't help much.

 

[Davenow]

radeon hands down.
Your proccy is not THAT slow, your video card is horrifically slow compared to that radeon.

 

[TheMostWantedPolishTwin]

getting a vid card will improve performance in games while getting a new CPU along with 512 megs of ram will improve overall system performance - your choice!