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1280x960, 2x AA, Details Maxed. Don't you love high-end rigs? ^_^

ROFL! I'm not gonna listen to Para. I'm not a dumbass. gg lol I'm too geeky to not know that shell32.dll is a crucial file ^_^

All I have to say is "holy sh*t." For such a small file, Steam takes up to 30 seconds to load on my computer. It seems to be running fine (for now) but I'd just like to say this load time is pissing me off. Oh, that, and half the time it takes an additional 20 seconds to begin responding...

Intel P4C 3.0ghz, 1gb Corsair XMS RAM 2x RAM Modules, ATI Radeon 9800 Pro... I think you get the idea 5786 in 3DMark03

You should be plenty happy with a NEC/Mitsubishi or Samsung 19" Flat CRT. I know I am ^_^

3DMark03: http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=1155707

Okay, now I'm pretty sure none of you people in here trust Vivendi Universal about what they say when it comes to HL2's ship date, but I just want to share the information that I was talking to a Vivendi rep just 30 minutes ago in a GameStop near my house and he said that there is a good (or bad...

The ATI Radeon 9800 Pro is up to 15% faster at higher resolutions. At resolutions 1024x768 and lower, the cards are pretty much the same. IT HAS BEEN TESTED AND BENCHMARKED OVER AND OVER AGAIN, AND THE ATI ALWAYS (or doesnt sometimes because of the nVidia driver cheats) COMES OUT ON TOP. I don't...

I wont waste my time bragging about my new high-end gaming rig, so I'll just post to up my post count. Hey thats a good deal for 1750 bud! :cheers:

From http://www.city-17.net/int_gaben1.php: What do you all think about this? Obviously he's just making a rough estimate, but I'm happy about this since I've been wondering what fps my new super computer could get. :bounce:

So what? I didn't get the ASUS system I wanted. It's still a huge performance upgrade from my 1.2ghz AMD Duron 256mb PC133 RAM and GF2.

3DMark03 IS ALMOST ENTIRELY DEPENDANT ON THE VIDEO CARD AND ITS PERFORMANCE to create its benchmarking scores. Therefore, if you upgrade your CPU, memory (unless its below 512mb), or HDD, you wont get a much better score. It DOES help, but not as much as it should.

To answer your question: No, it really shouldn't. They both use the same chipset (ATI 9800 Pro). Usually there isn't a big difference in performance among vendors. What you should be looking for is the minor things: What cooling it has, what comes bundled with it (unless you want an OEM) etc...

Sure, trantjd, here ya go: http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=1155707 :cheese: :imu:

Well I guess I will brag as well. I just bought a new system: Price: $2750 US (from Alienware, don't flame me - I got a discount and I used it, hehe). Motherboard: Intel® Desktop Board D875PBZ - Intel 875P CPU: Intel® P4 Processor 3.0GHz 800MHz FSB w/ 512KB Cache & HT RAM: 1GB Corsair...