Okay....Peeps
As the thread starter of this post...I wanted to update everyone and let you all know which way I have gone....Well....Since, I only had $1700 in the wallet I decided to play it smart....at least for this moment. I purchased a Inspiron 9100 w/ a WSXGA screen from that sale Dell had a few weeks back.....From there Yesterday I received and installed the Ati 9800 256MB card and I must say....I am impressed and super glad I decided to go this route. It plays Doom 3 on High Quality - no problem.....runs a 3Dmark03 score of 6450 (not overclocked)...As for this season's arsinal of games coming out starting this month.....I SAY....."bring them on"

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U.N.inspector