Video/Sound Cards

I'd say 2GB of Ram is actually preferrable if you're looking a few years down the road. Many games nowadays can actually saturate 2GB, and it's just gonna get worse.

Guys you want at least 2 GB of RAM at highest cas possible (higher = faster like more mhz). For video card I recommend the FX5200, that will totally pwn in any games you have now. For CPU I recommend a Pentium 4 2.6 ghz (underclocked to 2.3 for extra stability). For motherboard, any PCChips mobo, they make the best 1337 gamer mobos. For sound card, get a Creative Live 5.1...don't waste your time on the new ones because the 5.1 in it means the chip runs at 510 mhz and most games nowadays don't even use 250 so you're set with a 5.1 card.

I use a 9.1, actually. I needed enough power to play Lil Jon and the Eastside Boyz.

I use a 9.1, actually. I needed enough power to play Lil Jon and the Eastside Boyz.

Did your video card have at least 512 MB of ram for the visualizations? Microsoft adopted Lil Jon as the standard benchmark in media player visualization performance, so you know your vid card needs enough RAM and timings to perform. Mine is liquid cooled so the heat-crunk ratio is under 2.1 when the bass hits. The audio performance staggers when playing Lil Jon, so I'm thinking I'll upgrade to 10.3 soon but for now I can play Usher just fine so I don't need more performance.

Nah, it's cool. I use a professional-grade graphics card (ATI Rage Pro) so I can play Lil Jon and Chingy simultaneously without over-running the crunk buffer. It's pretty poppin. It also has a multiplier effect. When I run it on an 1/8th of dro and with a .20 BAL, it's the equivalent of a 21.3 system.

Nice but if you did an SLI Rage Pro setup your (d)ro would drop to 1/16 and and your BAL would increase to .40, allowing you to play Ying Yang Twins.

That's a good idea, actually. I'll pick another Rage up next time I'm at COMPUSA. (Where America buys technology!)