what should i upgrade first???

ok so pre-ordered VanguardSoH and i played beta it runs decent right now with current system. in the bigger citys im takin a hit on fps so what should I go with first hard-drive(HD sounds like its strugglin in citys) another 1g of ram or CPU(I read somewhere that the unreal engine is alot better with dual core)

System specs are...
A8n-e
athlon 64 3200
x1800gto
1g ocz value
old ide harddrive
no oc btw

thanks

its a Raidmax 450watt that came with my case

What is your budget?
And is this basically just geared toward making the game run smoother?

In that case, increasing the ram should help the most at the moment.

If I'm not completely mistaken though your setup is a 754 right?
That's only single channel unfortunately.

Ultimately I'd just deal with it for now and start squirreling away at least up to $500 to start making a switch to a newer platform. But I play a lot of different games of a lot of different types. Lucky for you MMORPG fanatics your game doesnt' change often enough, or at all, to require many upgrades if it's the only game you play.

thanks for the feedback!
i scored 2908 on 3d06. also here is my cpu-z if that helps i oc'd the cpu some core stays around 30c

I just got this pc about 6months ago it runs everything else fine oblivion etc.
question on ram I got 2x512 does it matter how many sticks I get? can i get 1 1g stick?
my chipset fan has been really loud I get a warning after nightly shutdown saying speed is low would this affect performance?

Depends. If your current ram is 2-stick, get another 2 sticks dc kit.

BTW, look at the wallpaper. It was an awesome anime.

A faster hard drive will not improve your FPS. It sounds like your computer is hitting your page files and that is from your memory being fully loaded. So I say more RAM.

I would consider getting another power supply, those Antec Smartpower PSU are a good price but not very reliable. I have had a couple of them die out on me in the past year/ year and a half ( I have only stuck with them because they are still under warranty and I get them replaced for free). If you get an Antec buy the Truepower (seasonic makes that line I believe and are still considered reliable).

I'll go with that then was stumped on which PS to get so many out there. thanks again for everyones help you guys rock!