That i stupidlettuceman44

HAHAHA! Now that's a classic quote.

I'm still not sure if I should buy an extra 2 gigs of RAM, since 32 bit Vista can't recognize more that much.

The other day Iwas running an antivirus scan,burning a DVD and listening to music at the same time. My whole 2 gigs of memory was used up and my system was slowed right down. My dual core processor was barely used, but my RAM was maxed out.

I could obviously use more memory, but what's the point if Windows won't use it?

But, generally I think the danger is overhyped.d-rtyboy

I agree. I don't know anyone who has fried a component with static and I've been in this business a long time. But I also agree it's best to be cautious. The possibility of danger is there.

Vista is a pig on memory. It runs slow as hell on 1 gig.

Heard this really boosted the performance of 8800 cards.Hiryuu_

In what applications?

Everybody's waiting for Nvidia to come out with the new 9800 series cards.

Hellooo! ATI released the 9800's years ago.

Older Soundblaster cards only work in stereo in Vista. No surround.

Bang for the buck.

I've been using AMD/ATI systems for6-7 years. I've always liked AMD CPU's because they've been good performers and cost significantly less than Intel chips. But now, Intel doesn't have any real competition with its new processors. AMD's price/performance index just isn't what it used to be.

As for Nvidia vs ATI, I don't have a preference. I bought an Nvidia this time because I knew it was a good performer and ATI hadn't released itsnew serieswhen I was ready to upgrade.