Athalons outperform higher clocked Pentiums in many benchmark tests. And cost less too. But it's up to you. Can you upgrade cheaper than buying a new system outright? I just bought a 1.4 GHz Athalon with 256 MB of RAM, CD-RW, DVD, 30 GB 7200 RMP disk drive, GE Force 2 Pro with 64MB and a 19 inch monitor all for less than $1500. A P-1000 or A-1000 would be even cheaper. And when you upgrade some old components may slow down the newer stuff. You might have slower hard drives, for example. Some people just really love digging into the hardware and choose upgrading over new. Just thought you should consider another option. I downloaded the Vue demo and ran through the quick start demo with my GF2 card by the way. I know that probably is not much of a Vue test, but it ran fine. jon

 
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