man, why has he got a 9600XT in it? they can have 9800XT's, didnt he have the money after getting the extra memory? even if he had the 9800XT, thats not that good at the moment, even look at the attached file, and u will see there are graphics cards lots lots better. 4Gb thats impressive. well the new AMD Athlon 64's (socket 939) have a FSB of 2.0Ghz, and a core speed of 2.4Ghz, but they can only use 1.0Ghz of the FSB until Windows 64 comes out, then we will begin to see the advantage of 64Bit CPU's! it'll be insane. i wonder if a dual Opteron (also AMD and 64Bit) computer, with 4gig of PC3200 would perform as good or better than the G5... also, about the super stable O/S i can see where u are coming from there, i love a solid O/S but i also think there are benefits with having one that isnt "perfect" because then you can learn how to fix problems when they happen, which, believe it or not, will happen - even with G5 running O/S X. better to have 10 PC users who have a general knowledge of problems encountered with Windows, than to have 10 MAC users trying to fix a problem they have never had before, and then end up having to go back to the mac shop (whatever its called
) and get it fixed, and having to pay them to do it. also, with macs, there is no competition between companies to make the best components. With PC's there is heaps of competition between companies like ATi and nVidia, AMD and Intel, and - even though i hate to admit it - companies like Dell, HP, Compaq etc. because of these "competitions" each company is trying to make the best components, cheaper, and more reliable components. Also, who's computer wouldnt be fast without 4Gig of PC3200? i mean honestly. U could get an FX-53 and put 4Gig of Corsair XMS-XL, (best PC3200 ram on the market) run it in dual channel. and then incorporate a 6800Ultra with 256Mb GDDR3 in it and it would run UT2003, as well, if not better than the G5 and the picture quality would be heaps better because of SM3.0. Dont you find it hard to admit that Macs have ATi graphics cards in them? if Apple make everything else so perfect, why cant they make good graphics cards? believe it or not, im not even a Mac hater, i used to be, but im not anymore, i just had to say that, dont take it personally anakhy, im not a horrible person, i just had to get it out of my system. I used to hate macs just coz they were macs not founded accusations, i dont hate them anymore, i just like PC's more, because, like koldapu, i love building my own systems, it just makes you feel like you have acomplished something, and you can enjoy it more, knowing you made it.