Hi Mike,

i have a P4 2gz 256 ram i will be playing games like homeworld 2 and C&C Generals
OK, I guess that you are running XP?

You really need to stick another 256 of RAM in there..............helluva lot cheaper than the videocard difference, and the performance will skyrocket!!!

I do not know the games, but the general rules are:

1. First person shoot em ups = videocard
2. Strategy/roleplay = RAM

If you are still on 9x/Me then no more than 512Mb RAM (or it will become unstable). With Win2K and XP you can go to 1Gb easily. You might like to check what your MoBo will support, and get the maximum amount of the fastest RAM (games need speed more than volume, although strategy games are somewhat different, and need RAM volume as well)

Your basic aim is to stop the box having to use virtual memory

Cheers