[johnb838]

I just bought an Athlon 1800+, 40GB HD, CD-RW, WIN XP Home, 218MB Memory, from Microcenter for $350. It is really nice, though I bought half a gig of memory from Crucial cuz it was 69.00, no tax, no shipping. I think I want a new video card, I have an S3 geforce4 FX, and I hear they suck.

I also had a 6 year old computer, K5 133. Even though I work on screamers at work, it has still been GREAT to have something with some juice at home.

The one I bought is an HP Pavilion 304w. I could have gotten a faster processor for 399 (I paid 349) but it would have been a celeron and I had read that they are not so great. I'd rather have a Top of the line AMD than a second-rate Intel.

[JoeSixPack1]

I have an S3 geforce4 FX

I have been out of the loop on graphics for a short while but Nvidia chipset for the Geforce4 FX 5700 has an awesome FPS rate that is hard to match.

Of course, unless you are a major graphics freak, or a heavy duty gamer, or an autocad rendering maniac like me, fps rates are way beyond the bus speeds of most motherboards and become a money dump for prestege.

You have a great card with the GeForce4 FX. Save your money, stick with it until you have a good reason to upgrade. Moving up from a Geforce4 FX is a major investment. Now dropping down to a GeForce4 MX440($50-$90) from a GeForce4 FX 5700(or 5600)($300 -$420) also cuts your FPS rate about in half.