gandalfgrey

Did you even read the link you put here?

Is there a Remote Desktop (the MS one, Remote Desktop Connection in XP) client on linux platform? If so, is it available in both rpm and deb formats?

OT: Where did you read/hear that? NV40 is AGP and PCI Express(through HSI) chip according to my sources. on-topic: 9600XT, 9800pro, 5700 ultra3, 5900xt are viable choices. 9800 pro > 5900(XT) > 5700 ultra3 / 9600XT in terms of performance

pic yeah, it's hardocp, but that's what i see

wtf? I highly doubt that you sense the difference between 15 and 10 Gs... The 'older' mx series is still undisputably superior to lesser mice. Sure, 510 is a little better, but there is no reason for an average user to buy it.

It's super-accurate, lightweight and looks cool(although logitech's logo is starting to wear off). I suggest you try it yourself, some people find it too small, mostly because mouse4 and mouse5 placement. It certainly takes time to adjust to it, and only thing bothering me is mouse5.. it's uncomfortable to reach it

Not True.. NW-B has HT, but only the 3.06 ghz model NW-C has HT, 800 bus and extreme overclockability. Prescott offers nothing better for typical(non-overclocker) end-user over northwood. Both Asus an Abit have their 865 boards with "PAT-like" technologies which make them as fast or sometimes faster than 875 boards Also, MCT, why pc4000 ram? Plan on overclocking?

The IS7 is fine, although for prescott AI7 is better(it has reinforced power circuitry and uguru). I would consider buying an AMD64 platform though or at least a p4 with a northwood core.

Maybe your RAM is loose in the socket? Try re-inserting it.

You need an extra controller - one ide channel supports only 2 devices, the usual 2 controllers therefore add to 4 devices max. There are many controllers available that have both pata and sata support, i'd go for sata since wiring a case with 3(!) ide cables can be quite nasty. Also note that when adding ide devices, the power requirements raise, specially on +5 and +12 rails

mx4000 is basically mx440 with slightly boosted clocks and agp 8x support. Same core(dx7), same 64bit interface. 9200SE is a never part, based on 8500, so it supports dx8(mx doesnt), but still has 64bit interface. I'd suggest at least 9200 vanilla or 9550/9600 nonpro cards(dx9), because 64bit memory cripples the performance horribly

OT: it's PCI-E(PCI Express aka 3GIO) not PCI-X(server bus). These two are totally different, but people often(always) mistake the two. Ontopic: I'd buy and 6800GT, or x800xt, if you can find one. If you want a cheaper then 9800 pro owns everything in that list. Some pros even have r360 cores, so you could flash them to XTs with ease. TBH entire FX line from nvidia is worthless

48bit LBA was added in XP SP1 IIRC, you don't need a newer bios

4. Media player classic(as said before), available in neat package at free-codecs.com 7. GIMP, as 2. 8. No replacement? 13. Bochs 14. Bersirc (kinda inactive development) or HydraIRC 16. diskpart.exe (command-line interface, somewhat limited functionality) 22. Smartftp

P4s require 4pin +12V power connector can be seen here next to cpu socket