:hmm: I dont really know much about Ati vid cards because I mainly use Nvidia from the beginning the Geforce 2.
the 512 cards are really fancy but I dont know its worth the money.
I was look on the Nvidia and red about the new Nvidia Serie 7 the 79** with 512 Ram I spoke with an friend about this but he told the 79** 256 is cheaper and its worth it.
I,m still an Serie 5 user , my buddy uses the 7800 256 Mb and he really like it a lot.
I also asked an shop about 1 or 2 gigs of ram. Its better to go straight to the 2 Gigs an 2x1024 Gig will do the trick (for example look at the Corsair memory sticks) they seem to be really good.
Also about Hard Drives its a good advice to seperate them
for example 1 x 100 gigs, and 1 x 60 gigs
use the 60 gigs to install the OS, Driver Software and all the things you need to run the PC, use the 100 Gigs for personal uses. so in case of an PC failure you dont lose all ur data. you just wipe out the 60 gig and reinstall Windows and the drivers on that one.
further rest an good 19' TFT screen for good prices look at LG's and Samsung's they seem to be fairly priced compared with the quality.
Good luck
