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New components: Link BIOSTAR TFORCE 550 Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce 550 MCP ATX AMD Motherboard $79.99 - $10.00 Mail-in Rebate Link EVGA 640-P2-N821-AR GeForce 8800GTS 640MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Video Card $379.99 - $30.00 Mail-in Rebate Link Transcend JETRAM 2GB (2 x 1GB)...

I would appreciate any help on either of these. They are unrelated as far as I know: Problem 1: A number of months ago, I had to re-install Windows. Since then, when I boot up, it comes up with a screen that says something to the effect of "Choose an operating system: Windows XP or Windows...

I've been seeing a lot of commercials recently for "colleges" like Devry and Collins that say stuff like "I can't believe we actually get paid to do this!!!" and "my mom said I would never get anywhere with these games!!!". For some reason these annoy me quite a bit, even though I am somewhat...

So with a 7950gt, how well will I be able to run Oblivion at 1280x720? Maybe I was unclear, but I wouldn't mind playing at 1280.

Actually, I just got a new 20" widescreen monitor. As far as I know, there are basically two usable widescreen resolutions: 1680x1050 and 1280x720. I haven't tested all my games with widescreen, but the ones that I have I run at 1680. Oblivion doesn't run well at either of those resolutions, so...

So if I just upgrade my GPU, won't my old CPU be holding it back? Would it be better to spend $100-150 each on a new CPU and GPU?

I like that setup except for the CPU (Athlon 3000). Its not much better than the one I have now unless I'm missing something. Although, it is out of my $200-300 price range.

I forgot to say that I'm very much an AMD fan, and would prefer not to switch to Intel (unless some of you have some very convincing arguments). The same goes with Nvidia over ATI, but I'm not quite as loyal there. Another thing that would be helpful is some comparisons of CPUs to GPUs of...

I am looking to upgrade my gaming rig some time soon. My current specs should be in my signature. Here are the possible upgrades I'm thinking of making: AMD FX-55 2.6GHz (Socket 939) New Motherboard AMD AM2 4200 - 4600 (Socket AM2) New Motherboard New RAM, probably 2 x 512MB I have...