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I am already running3 systems

P4 2.8 ghz - 5900 Nvidia card, with one gig system ram - desktop <build myself>

P4 3.0 ghz - 5950 Nvidia card, with one gig of system ram - desktop <alienware>

P4 3.4 ghz - 5700 Nvidia card, with one gig of system ram - Laptop <alienware>

I think I am already safe for JTLS

Right now:

AMD Athlon 2800+
1 gig of Kingston PC2700 RAM
2 x 40 gb WD HDD @ 7200rpm
GeForce MX440 128 agp 8x (Yuck)
19" unidientified smoke stained monitor


Hopefully by the time JTL is released, I'll be able to afford a Radeon 9800XT 256 (Been saving my pennies since Christmas ) an extra gig of ram and a 21" monitor (That'll never happen, but I can dream).

Sticks wise, right now I have a choice of the old old black widow, and the old old orignal MS sidewinder force feedback. I was looking at some others, but not only won't I be able to afford one, I can't find anything anywhere that at least one review doesn't say something like "Great stick, but falls apart quickly" or "Not bad, but you'll need to spend a lot modding it for it to become usable".

Ah well, we'll see.

On a side note, I entered a competiton yesterday to win 8000 lotto tickets consisting of 16 numbers out of the 49 in every combination possible, so if I win the jackpot of 22 million squids, graphics cards all around! I wish.

Take Care

Ill be upgrading my RAM to 2gigs of DDR 3200, and Ill be getting one of the new graphics cards. Problem is I cant decide which one. The X800 has better overall performance, but doesnt support any of the new features that the GF 6800 does(like PixelShader3.0). On the other hand, if I get the GF 6800, Im going to need a new mobo and power supply, as well as a new case for extra cooling fans(TWO molex connectors and three fans are needed to run the GF effectivly, the thing is a total resource-hog).