what should I upgrade first?

[no root toe]

I bought Guild Wars for my laptop and I know I need to upgrade but I was wondering what I should upgrade first since my birthday is coming up. Here's the specs:
2.8 Ghz Celeron
64mb radeon igp 345m
192mb DDR ram (originally 256 but the graphics 64mb is shared)

So it's a toss between the ram or the processor, but which one should I upgrade first? As in which one will make the biggest difference in playing the game (frame rate).

And could you guys also recommend a processor for me, I wanna play Guild Wars and Couter Strike Source on my laptop and I dont care about our the video settings look, I could put them all on low, I just want to be able to play the games. And my price range in between $100 to $150, sorry if thats a little low. Thanks everyone.

 

[DJ-CHRIS]

Sorry to say, but I dont think you can upgrade your graphics

RAM is what I would upgrade

 

[no root toe]

i knew i couldnt upgrade the graphics, im asking between processor and ram, and i heard that i should upgrade my processor first cause celeron chokes alot during games

 

[diabloII]

i knew i couldnt upgrade the graphics, im asking between processor and ram, and i heard that i should upgrade my processor first cause celeron chokes alot during games

but you don't even have enough ram to RUN guild war

there's a difference between running bad, and not even being able to run

btw, i think your celeron will do fine in guild wars

 

[Jorsoft]

Guild Wars runs acceptably on a P3, which is basically the same design as your current Celeron. And since your Cel is 2.6 ghz it should do a fine job running it. Pump your ram up to 512 and then see how it goes.

 

[no root toe]

one thing it runs at 2.8 and i do have enough ram to run it and the celeron isnt fine, and i can run guild wars, when did i say i couldnt, but when alot of action starts the frame rate goes down, i think its the processor choking. but in general which one will have more of an impact in gaming, as in which should i upgrade first to make the most difference, the ram or the processor

 

[yosa]

You can upgrade your ram and expect an improvment. Your processor handles the data, but think of your ram as short term memory; when your playing a shooter your running through a lot of areas that require instant memory, that gets bumped into ram rather than stored. Grafix can take up a hell of a lot of space, hense the grafix card, It takes a load off the ram and cpu at the outset, your processor can work almost to its capacity, but go 2 percent beyond that, you will find every program you are currently running may freeze; sorry for the lengthly post.

 

[no root toe]

has anyone else had a problem with celeron choking?

 

[PoisonPorkchop]

well not exactly. I choked my celeron then switched to amd

 

[no root toe]

exactly, im going to buy more ram and get a athlon 64 hopefully but i was just wondering which one i should get first cuz my birthday is coming up. and how well does a mobile athlon 64 1.8ghz work with gaming?