Q: I just wanted to know before I bought it. Thank You. Its HP by the way =] d5000z series: Operating system: Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium with Service Pack 1 (64-bit) edit Processor: AMD Phenom(TM) 9650 quad-core processor (2.3GHz) edit Memory: FREE UPGRADE! to 4GB DDR2-800MHz dual channel SDRAM (4x1024) from 3GB edit Graphics card: 768MB NVIDIA GeForce 9600GS, DVI-I, VGA, HDMI edit Hard drive: 500GB 7200 rpm SATA 3Gb/s hard drive edit Networking: 802.11 a/b/g/n Wireless LAN card edit Primary CD/DVD drive: LightScribe 16X max. DVD /-R/RW SuperMulti drive edit Front Productivity Ports: 15-in-1 memory card reader, 2 USB, 1394, audio edit TV & entertainment experience No TV Tuner w/remote control edit Sound Card: Integrated 7.1 channel sound w/front audio ports edit Productivity software: Microsoft(R) Works 9.0 edit Security software: FREE UPGRADE! to Norton Internet Security(TM) 2008 3 year from 2 year edit Finance & accounting software: Quicken Deluxe 2008 edit Keyboard and Mouse: HP multimedia keyboard and HP optical mouse edit Your additional options: Click edit to modify. NOTE: These items are in stock and will ship immediately. Networking: Linksys Wireless-G USB Adapter edit Monitor: HP w1907 19" LCD Wide Flat Panel Monitor edit Power and Surge Protection: HP Surge Protector, 6 Outlet TOTAL price: $1543.97 when i say "gaming" i mean Oblivion and Guild Wars. Not hardcore war games or anything. Just massive online multiplayer games. =] what if i change the graphics card from what it is listed as to this: 1GB NVIDIA GeForce 9800GT?
A: Oh my............. That is a long letter! Took me twenty minutes to thoroughly understand and comprehend all that! Anyway, that graphics card is critical to gaming. And it looks like that one is pretty amped up. My graphics card is a GeoForce 6100 GPU and that plays some pretty graphics. So with yours being better than mine, you should be set in the graphics department. Also, I have windows XP and you have vista so that will help in gaming. Overall, I took time to look at all the preferences of my PC and it looks to me like yours is slightly better. So, because mine runs games real smoothly, I think yours will do fine.