Quote from Stang70Fastback :

Hmmmm, yea - IDK then. This FX is really starting to aggravate me. There is no reason for it being so hot, and it's not even running that fast!



Well, you may not have a high resolution, but you also don't have that large of a screen, so it's still probably somewhat sharp. I'm assuming you have a 15" widescreen based on that resolution? LFS will probably look a bit better on a higher density screen, but that really is not important. The only difference a higher resolution will have (other than lowering your framerate) will be to produce a sharper image with cleaner, thinner lines (like around objects and such.) I'm one to notice those kinds of details, but I think most people don't seem to recognize tiny changes like that. With proper AA though, a high-res screen is a beauty to look at - much less pixellation.

Ignoring games for a second though, I myself hate working with anything lower than 1280 x 1024, because today's modern programs tend to have so many toolbars that lower resolutions leave very little actual workspace. I think you'll find that you'd benefit from a higher resolution simply in ease of use. If you are at all looking into a new monitor, look for something in the range of 19". Acer, for example has some very nice, inexpensive products.

Ok cheers, Just so you know when i made that post i wasnt at home, and the resolution is actully 1026x768 i just toke a educated guess
Anyway, Cheers for your help etc, im off to get some software and have a play around
Cheers for all your help...

In extra notes...wow a forum in which the majority atleast attempt to speak proper english... im impressed

Looked at the posts guess i'm going the Intel route again...

seems odd though the turion 64x2 i have in my new tablet seems faster than the Pentium D920 on a 3.3 ghz clock I'm running on my rig

EDit: the turion clocks @2.0 ghz

2.0 GHz AMD is roughly equal to a 3.2 GHz Intel (In raw ops/clock), however the AMD processors really kicked the PD's ass at the time.

The 2000XP's were nice overclockers in their day, my old one ran nicely at 2.1Ghz with benchmarks along the lines of a 2700XP, for a couple of years. Rarely went over 40C as well, but that might have had something to do with the daft old case I had with who knows how many fans in.