[Neutrino]

Originally Posted by tman2093

6600gt is a great card. It's like a PCI-E graphics card but it connects to an AGP slot. I'd go with the 6800, but thats just me. As long as you get a 256mb vid card, you'll have no trouble with DVD watching, or heavy gaming.

I'd also suggest at least a gig of ram. 512 is fine, but you'll see the difference when really multitasking. The way ram is so cheap today, you'd be a fool not to upgrade. Try to stick to name brands here also like transcend, crucial, and micron. Newegg.com usually has the best deals on ram. I don't know about alienware, but Dell inflates their ram prices terribly. On an inspiron laptop, they'll charge you 1000 dollars to get 2gb of ram, when you can buy the 2 1 gig sticks from newegg at 120 apiece!

not sure what you were trying to say but they make the 6600GT in both AGP and PCI-E flavors(of course with the config i gave him he has to get a new PCI-E one since all the NF4 based mobos are PCI-E). The reason I recomended it is because its the best card on a budget. Yes the 6800 is better but its also pricier.


Oh and another small note, Crucial is just a divison of Micron. And you are correct they are also one of the better brands out there.