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    Gaming on Windows Xp 32bit

    my dad is building a new rig for my bro its gonna have a 3.0 ghz c2d (e8400) and a radeon 4850. however, he wants to stick to 32 bit windows xp. would this hurt gaming or anything else? 1)would lack of Directx 10 severely handicap newer games? 2)would 32bit OS severely handicap newer...
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    agp x1950 vs 3650

    where can i get the 3850 for $90? i need the agp version. and would my crappy p4 (~2.5 ghz) be the bottleneck so that the difference between the 3850 and 3650 be small? and the games i probably want the best performance from would be Source games (ie. HL2 CSS TF2 left4dead). anyone know which...
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    agp x1950 vs 3650

    the 3850 would cost about double the 3650 though (~120 vs. ~60). I've heard that the 3650 has some kind of driver issues, has anyone heard of this?
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    agp x1950 vs 3650

    @JPB, in that same review, the 3650 beats the x1950 in crysis, and in 3dmark 06. strange how the cards are only better than the other in certain games... newegg has the 3650 for about 60 bucks, and i think someone is selling the x1950 pro for about the same in the FS forums. any other...
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    agp x1950 vs 3650

    so i have an old crappy p4 rig that i wanna upgrade (mainly to play left 4 dead). should i get the x1950 pro or the 3650?