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    New monitor : Samsung syncMaster S23A350H or Viewsonic VX2453MH-LED

    Neither of those. Go with the Samsung px2370 about the same price on Amazon. Very good monitor I just picked on up a month ago and love it. Took a little calibration but the picture is excellent and 2ms response time is great for gaming. It is also a great looking unit and looks nice...
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    Between 570gtx and HD6970

    At 1080p I would think the 570 should have plenty of ram. From the benchmarks I've looked at the only benefit right now from having more then 1 gig of vram is in very high resolutions. If you think you might add a second display or move to a high rez monitor then consider something with more...
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    Wait for southern Islands

    I am about to build a new gaming rig and I feel like I've picked a configuration that offers some future proofing and a clear upgrade path. The rig I am building is a sandy bridge platform Z68 chipset so I can upgrade to Ivy down the road. Everything else in the build falls to preference and I...
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    Can you upgrades the graphics on an ibook?

    Any laptop that has mxm 3.0 with a card that isn't soldered to the motherboard have the possibility to be upgraded but you have to go to unconventional means to get a card and they are expensive. A 6970m right now is going for about $420usd. Its usually better to just sell the laptop and move...