which pc should i get?

I'm going to be buying a new computer to do the following:

- medium graphics games (tomb raider, etc.)
- lots of photo editing/graphics work (photoshop, illustrator, etc)
- other minor activities such as word processing/web surfing

I have the following 2 options:

1) AMD, 2.08GHz, 400MHz bus speed, 512MB ram, ATI 9600TX = $680
2) P4, 2.20GHz, 800MHz bus speed, 512MB ram, Nvidia 5200 = $800

I'm aiming towards #1. In either case I will have to buy more ram. How much does the bus speed/slight cpu speed difference matter for the stuff I'm going to be doing??

Thanks.

For AMD's, its more useful to look at the name of the chip (2500+, 3200+ etc) than at the clock speed. Which chip is it? The 2.08ghz sounds like maybe the 2800+ barton, but that has a 333mhz fsb. Or the 3000+ barton with the 400mhz fsb? Double check. Also check if the video card on that is the 9600XT, rather than TX (I think you made a typo).
I'd definitely recommend system 1 then.

I believe the first one is an AMD Athlon XP 3200+.
It comes w/ an integrated graphics card so I'm actually upgrading it w/ an ATI Radeon 9600 XT.

Putting aside the video card, how does this compare to the P4, 2.20GHz one? Thanks!

Video card aside, the amd is the better computer. Video card included, the amd is the better computer. Nuff said.