thefixer: you're right about 64 bit. I'm waiting for a MB that has both Athlon64 support and PCI Express support, when those are available, I'll build myself a new box. About ATI versus nVidia, yes, the ATI cards ARE faster. I've seen the specs of the x800 and I was drooling. But somehow the "old" Ti4200 is lighter on resources than the ATI. My P4 2.8 HTT FSB800/ATI Radeon 9600XT/1.5 Gb dual channel DDR400 SHOULD be faster than my Athlon 2700/Ti4200/1 Gb DDR333 with poser, but it isn't. IF you've got the budget, go for Athlon64, an ATI x800 card, 4xSATA150 RAID 0 and 2 Gb of dual channel DDR400. That's the fastest money can buy these days.

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