does the clock of ram actually significantly affect performance? My ram's 667mhz, is that ok?smarb001

ye thts a good rate. it wont affect it tht much especially with the G80series cuz the fps is already very high. i mean the ram starts costing alot after 800mhz ive seen one 1066mhz or so and thts DAMN expensive u will only see about a 10 - 15fps difrence

hell no!! alienware is the most expensive u can buy and its the same **** its worse than dell ill tell ya tht. go onto some custom pc websites and build your own jst type in google build your own pc. and do some research. ill give u an example of the stuff u shud get but this is in UK so yethis is a pretty gd computer without all the other stuff its jst the pc on its own add a 20 - 22 " screen off somewhere else and u shud be gd to go unless u alredy have one and dnt mind it :) im pretty sure u have kb and mouse so ye its a damn gd pc and an alienware one wud cost almost double of the same thing or add a 8800 GTX instead :) this is a 10x improvement over ur dads comp

EDIT: **** tht didnt work. umm also add a DVI cable. it still dnt work im still trying had to remove link here it is instead

Processor (CPU)

Intel® CoreTM2 Duo E6750 (2 X 2.66GHz) 1333MHz FSB/4MB L2 Cache

Memory (RAM)

2048 MB CORSAIR DDR2 667MHz - LIFETIME WARRANTY! (2x1GB)

Motherboard

ASUS® P5N32-E SLI+: Quad-core CPU Ready, NVIDIA® Dual X16 SLI

Operating System

WINDOWS® VISTA Home Premium (inc Genuine CD & License) (£59)

USB Options

6 x USB 2.0 PORTS (4 REAR + 2 FRONT) AS STANDARD

Memory - 1st Hard Disk

320GB SERIAL ATA II HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7200rpm)

2nd Hard Disk

NONE

RAID (HDD 1 & 2)

NONE

1st CD/DVD Drive

20x Dual Layer LightScribe DVD Writer ±R/±RW/RAM

2nd CD/DVD Drive

NONE

Graphics Card

320MB GEFORCE 8800GTS PCI Express + DVI + TV-OUT

2nd Graphics Card

NONE

Sound Card

6 Channel RealTek ALC883 Audio (Standard on P5N-E SLI)

Modem

NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND

Network Facilities

ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT

Floppy Disk Drive

NONE

Memory Card Reader

INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (READS XD, MS, CF, SD, etc)

Case

Stylish Silver/Black Trident case + 2 front USB

Power Supply & Case Cooling

700W Quiet Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£79)

Processor Cooling

ASUS SILENT KNIGHT II PURE COPPER ULTRA COOLER (£36)

Firewire & Video Editing

2 x IEEE 1394a FIREWIRE ONBOARD (1 in back + 1 on board)

oh and umm. add the other stuff u need this comes to a total of £803 which is low. damn low so ye but u will have to do a bit of work urself puttin it together. so if you can get one similair to this and less w on the PSU like a crosair 550watt. this is overkill and wait for the 8800GT to come out

ye umm. I am sorry to break this to you but it is waay below "snuff". i would reccommend you move to a Core 2 Duo which you would have to upgrade your computer for and stuff. you should just buy a new computer. get 2 gigs ram a core 2 duo. E6300 + will be good. or an AMD Athlon's core 2. then get atleast a X1900pro if you wana do good gaming. even that is starting to go but from then on it gets really expensive.

if you do plan to buy a new comp whats your budget??