[The Niles]

I have the standard 32bit XP windows so I do not use the 64bit possibilities but even as a 32bit computer this thing is bloody fast. If you want a high end games computer AMD are better then Intel (cheaper and slightly faster in game performance then their intel equivalent CPU's). If you plan on buying a computer today getting a PCIe equipt motherboard is a must. Next generation videocards will likely not even be released in APG versions and at any rate, PCIe videocards are cheaper then AGP equipt ones (yes my bord still has AGP). I cannot say if getting a SLI (2 cards) videocard setup is a good choice but it certianly will be cheaper to get one mid range video card (or top end whatever you like) and getting another one once you have the money and you notice that your game performance is falling below what you would like it to be. Note two things though if you go down that path. You will need a motherboard that has TWO (2) PCIe slots and in order for this to work you need to have two identical video cards that support SLI.