"JK" wrote in message
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It depends what is being run. The Athlon XP supports SSE, which
improves
performance greatly in some programs such a Photoshop.

Actually I'm running both Photoshop and Illustrator (I was considering
also running Premiere, but this system really isn't fully set up for
video editing). Would I see enough of a boost to make it worth the
money? My system runs fairly good now, but it seems like every year my
freelance Photoshop projects become larger and larger.