I hear you ... as for the video card, I've ordered a 32 mg video card. Shop arround, the price of those things are going down, but also please contact Gateway on compatability, better to know before you buy. (I sold computers and software for four years retail and did tech work after that). The campatability issue goes with any periferal you buy. 'Plug'n'play" is a nice term, but it doesn't always work that way. Good luck. I've just done my budgeting and still can't get my system for a couple more months. sigh, it'll have Poser 4 and Bryce 4. Wow. Boni

Boni

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