need some help upgrading.

[Divine]

hey ev1,

i got the 7 day planetside trial, enjoyed the game. The performance in the game wasn't exactly up to what I thought I would be getting. I had 40-2 FPS, with lockups occuring at big battles (30+). Here are my stats:

AMD XP 1800+
256 RAM
Nvidia GeForce 4 Mx440
40 Gig Hard Drive

I'm looking to spend...well, under 250 dollars to upgrade. According to what I heard, PS makes the CPU and RAM work more than the GPU. Anyway, other things that bugged me are the slow loading for my computer (a CPU bottlecap), alt-esc-ing outta the game (RAM here would help) and a few other things. Lag was fine, so I figure my connection (256k, Verizon DSL) is fine.

It would be a hinderance to upgrade the CPU, seeing as how I would have to upgrade the Mobo as well (my motherboard only supports up to 2000+, not worth upgrading just the CPU).

Anyway any suggestions would be good. I run other games (CS:Source, Call of Duty, BF:V) fine, so I suppose it's the MMOG element.

Thanks

Christian