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So I used to be a major hardware nerd, read Anandtech every day and kept myself fully up to speed on new developments, what's good, what's not etc. But as of late, I've been quite out of touch with the hardware scene due to general lethargy and the fact that I haven't needed to worry about my...

4 MB 3Dfx Voodoo I 8 MB Intel i740 32 MB TnT2 M64 (bad choice) 32 MB GeForce 2 MX400 64 MB GeForce 4 Ti 4200 128 MB Radeon 9600xt And hopefully tomorrow: 128 MB GeForce 6600 GT :D

Need some help picking an AGP 6600 GT. Albatron and Leadtek are the ones immediately available and it's important that I get one ASAP. I've generally been told that Leadtek makes one of the better nVidia based video cards out there, but I don't know if that still holds true for the new...

Despite all the A64 recommendations, I have decided to go for the 2.8C (specially considering cost, ease of implementation and availability of parts [can't find the motherboard I want here]). What really clinched it for me was this review: http://www.anandtech.com/cpu/showdoc.html?i=2038...

Here's my current system: Pentium 1.6A @ 2.4 Ghz 1 x 512 MB PC3200 Kingston RAM a Gigabyte GA-8I1000 Pro (or somesuch .. can't remember the exact model) Lots of other inconsequential stuff I want to upgrade this system and I've currently got two options: The first, which is what I'm leaning...