Is it worth me doing this for FM?

At the moment my desktop specs are as follows:

1GB memory DDR (4x 256mb)

ATI radeon sapphire x300 128mb

3.2Ghz P4 processor(dual core??)

I am pricing up some new parts and will leave the processor as I feel it is ok for now(but I am confused if it is dual core as when I run the systemrequiremnts check it says I am running 2 processors). Now I have checked www.crucial.com and it says that I can get upto 4gb of memory into my motherboard but as I am only runnign 32 bit windows it will only recognise 3.5gb. I am also looking at an Nvidia GeForce 8400GS 512mb graphics card which is pretty much a show in due to financial limits.

The question is will it really be worth going the whole 9 yards and getting 3.5gb of memory to help speed up the Pc or will 2gb be ample with the graphics card upgrade and processor I have?

Grab a 1 gb stick (xp) or 2 gb (vista) and that will be more than enough.

The 8400gs would do the trick for FM09.

You have an old single core cpu with hyper-threading, my old pentium used to think it had two processors too.

Thanks for the reply.

If you have the cash, just do what crucial reccomends.

... confused if it is dual core as when I run the systemrequiremnts check it says I am running 2 processors ...

You have a single core processor with HT (Hyper-Threading). I have two of these in my system, my computer thinks it has 4 CPUs:

http://www.zen102391.zen.co.uk/fm/4cpu.jpg

I have gone from 1gb to 2gb and that did fabulous things for FM08.