I would personally go for the latter - because if you feel the need to
upgrade, you can slot in a 128mb DIMM for about 60 quid now ($40?), while
upgrading from a 866Mhz to 1Ghz, would involve selling and re-buying (of
which P3's have been known to scarce when required).  So I would go for the
1ghz, dream machine with the option of easy upgrading later.  In terms of
POVRay performance I don't think there'd be much between them, but isn't
more RAM only especially useful with larger scenes?

Peter Cracknell

www.petercracknell.co.uk

"The Ellis Family" <ell### [at] spamless_telusnet> wrote in message
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> I'm getting a new computer, and I'm just wondering whether to go for a
> P3 866mhz 256mb ram, or a P3 1ghz 128mb ram?  Which would pov be better
> off with, the faster cpu or more ram?  Thanks for your time and help.
>
> Hookflash

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