What would make more of a difference....

[Bhairav]

... 256 MB more of RAM or a CPU upgrade to an AXP 2000+? I have 256 MB of DDR already, and a nice AXIA 1133 Tbird. My dad wants to run 3DS Max and Maya (he's a jewellery designer) and he thinks this system is underpowered for those apps. So he is willing to finance an upgrade ( and who am I to disagree ? ;) ), and 1 of the above 2 upgrades is within our budget. So what do you think would make more of a difference.. the extra RAM or the CPU upgrade?
Thanks in advance..
TechHead.

[Barracuda]

CPU upgrade better for me 256 mem is ok ;)

[shray]

Hey you can oc right? Since its in your sig.. Why not get a 2100 B stepping.. Im sure that better than ram..

[DuraN]

i agree with shray, a 2100+ is really the AMD CPU to get these days if you overclock, along with the 1700+. But make sure its a Tbred B :)

[DR. YT]

if you want to run 3ds or maya i say ram 512 is the minimum i would run thoes programs with. the cpu you can just grab a 1700 for like 50-60 dollars from newegg later.

[Bhairav]

Wow.. half an hour and lotsa replies! Thanks guys!
The thing is, (yeah I can OC!!), this damn mobo I have does not support the Tbred processors! TBred A AND B are both not compatible with this POS :mad:
Believe you me, I've been drooling over the overclocks people have been getting with those Tbred Bs :( . What sucks is that Soltek is the ONLY manufacturer whose KT266A board does not support TBreds of any flavour. Damn damn damn!!!
Ok.. so the consensus seems to be a new CPU?
Thanks
Bhairav

[DR. YT]

the board will probobly work with the tbreds it just wont call it an xp. and if it dosent work just send it back:)

[Bhairav]

Nahh Docyt, I've actually tried this board with an AXP Tbred from a cousin's machine. It is unstable as hell, with random reboots and freezes. Guess I've gotta take Soltek's word on this :mad:

[DR. YT]

did you lower the voltage i cant rember what the tbirs run at but paliminos run at .1 volts highter that tbreds the heat might have been you problems but as i said above for the apps you want to run get the 256 more ram you will notice the difference:)

[sequoia464]

...I'm still using a KT133A board that runs a TBRED (A), unrecognized, but it runs fine . I also have an Abit NF7-S revision 1.2 in the mail though, excited about this one.

The first board that I had was a Soltec K62 board , Soltec didn't support that board at all, couldn't even run a K6III in it. No more Soltec for me.

Now is a good time to upgrade though, 1700+ TBRED 'B', are going for around $50, and 256 sticks of memory are falling in price substantially. You might be able to find a KT333 board cheap somewhere. I know that at least some of these ( Epox 8K5A2 for sure ) are Barton approved also, so you're open to the future as well.

Good luck with your decisions.

[Bhairav]

Thanks for all the replies guys! The CPU upgrade should be done tomorrow, cos I got my hands on some 128 MB DDR Ram for free :D . There ya go docyt, best of both worlds , so to speak ;)
I'm excited... we don't really do much more on this computer anyway, and all games run just fine with my vidcard and 15" monitor, at 1024*768, so this upgrade should stand me in good stead..... for another 6 months at least :D

[DR. YT]

have fun:D