I currently run Vue on a 1Ghz AMD Athlon XP with 512 Mb pc133 sdram and a geforce4-ti4400 graphics card. I want to upgrade to an Intel P4 2.4 ghz chip, with 800 Mhz FSB and multi-threading capabilities. Am I right in thinking this works like 2 processors, so that, in Vue (with rendercow) I can render animations quicker? Obviously more memory is better, but my budget is limited, so will 1 Gb of DDR400 be sufficient to start with? Any advice gratefully received