alright, first of all.. i found a card i'll buy as soon as you guys say go for it.
XFX 8600GT XXX
**PCI-E**
Specs:
GPU Speed - 620MHz
Memory Speed - 1.6GHz
Memory Size - 256MB DDR III
Extremely Versatile Video Card:
Two DVI Ports
HDTV Compatible
Able to run DUAL Monitors
As a BONUS you will also get:
Driver CD
DVI-VGA Adapter
S-Video Cable
$60
here's the results from that site.. (there are 6-6 bar graphs there.. #2 & 6 are full, the rest are 3 bars)
CPU
Minimum: 2.4 GHz Pentium 4 or AMD Anthlon XP 2400+
You Have: 2 processors running - Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 2.80GHz PASS
CPU Speed
Minimum: 2.4 GHz
You Have: 2.79 GHz Performance Rated at 5.03 GHz PASS
System RAM
Minimum: 1 GB
You Have: 1022.1 MB PASS
Operating System
Minimum: Windows Vista / XP
You Have: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (Build Service Pack 22600) PASS
Video Card
Minimum: 128 MB DirectX 9.0c-compliant, Shader 3.0-enabled video card (ATI Radeon x1300+ / NVIDIA GeForce 6600+)
You Have: Radeon X1550 Series (ATI display adapter (0x7147)) PASS
Video Card Features - Minimum attributes of your Video Card Video RAM: Required - 128 MB , You have - 256.0 MB
Video Card 3D Acceleration: Required - Yes , You have - Yes
Video HW Transform & Lighting: Required - Yes , You have - Yes
Vertex Shader Ver.: Required - 3.0 , You have - 3.0
Pixel Shader Ver.: Required - 3.0 , You have - 3.0
Video Card Driver Version (DirectX)
Your driver version number is: 6.14.10.6783 FYI: Your video card driver version is provided for your information, but it is not part of this analysis. But proper video card driver versions are important to the proper operation of your product.
DirectX Version
Minimum: 9.0c
You Have: 9.0c PASS
Sound Card
Minimum: Yes
You Have: SigmaTel Audio PASS
Sound Card Driver Version
Your driver version number is: 5.10 FYI: Your sound card driver version is provided for your information, but it is not part of this analysis. But proper sound card driver versions are important to the proper operation of your product.
Free Disk Space
Minimum: 5 GB
You Have: 172.2 GB PASS
DVD
Minimum: 4x DVD-ROM drive
You Have: SONY CDRWDVD CRX310EE PASS, but the Speed could NOT be analyzed.
thanks guys... cool site here