just to let u know about my sys, one of my roomates came back drunk and fell on top of my case, screwing up a lotta stuff. but hes paying for the sh*t he broke and i'm payin for the vid card cause it was messed up before he fell on it. And btw, i wouldn't say i'm a hardcore gamer, but i'm a pretty decent gamer. in a normal day, i spend about 2-3 hrs gaming...typically somedays a lot more, somedays not much at all...just depends on my moods.
btw, i was wondering where u guys get those 3dMarks and aquamark stuff? also, how would i boost the performance of the 9800 (hehehe i decided on this one)?
i am running a AMD XP 2800+ barton on an ASUS A7N8X with 512mb ram(getting more). have a 120gig (not being recognized by BIOS though and i need the bios values for the hd to enter them in manually) and a new 160gig. wiht a 48x cd burner and a 2x dvd burner and a 21 inch CRT monitor. all i need after the vid card is a decent sound card and speakers.