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Do you have a link to the machine you are thinking of buying?

I don't have a 64-bit machine to test on but, in the 32-bit environment, XP is still better with 3DGS than Vista (mostly because of driver support).

I assume you are going with 64-bit because of other applications you plan on running (Maya, 3DMax, etc.)?



Greeting Doug,

Peace. Thank you for your help. Here are the specs for the DELL INSPIRION 530:

1 223-2230 Inspiron 530,Intel Core2 Duo processor E4500 (2.20GHz ,800FSB) w/Dual Core Technology and 2MB cache
1 311-7751 3GB DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHz
1 310-8647 Dell USB 4 Button Premium Optical Mouse with Scroll
1 310-8025 Dell USB Keyboard
1 320-5489 Dell 19 inch E198WFP Flat Panel Analog and Digital
1 320-5953 256MB Radeon ATI HD 2600 XT
1 341-4810 320GB Serial ATA 2 Hard Drive (7200RPM)
1 341-5517 Dell 19-in-1 Media Card Reader
1 412-0688 Image Restore
1 420-4838 Microsoft Windows XP Professional,Service Pack 2, English
1 420-4927 Windows Media Player 10
1 420-5769 Internet Search and Portal
1 420-5924 Icon Consolidation Application
1 420-6995 DELL SUPPORT 3.4,DIM/INSP
1 420-7244 Dell Support Center 1.0
1 463-2282 Dell Owners Manual installed on your system,click on icon after system set-up to access
1 310-8552 Backup media for XP Pro Dimension C521
1 310-8617 Thank you for choosing Dell
1 420-6577 Power DVD 7.0
1 310-1966 Mouse included with Keyboard purchase
1 430-0412 Integrated NIC card
1 313-4593 56K PCI Data Fax Modem
1 420-7468 ADOBE ACROBAT READER 8.1 DIM/INSP
1 420-6464 Roxio Creator Basic
1 313-5270 16X DVD+/-RW Drive
1 313-2758 Integrated Audio
1 313-2198 No Speaker Requested
1 420-7701 Trend Micro PC-cillin InternetSecurity, English, 30-Days Subscription
1 412-0787 AOL for Broadband
1 412-0934 Earthlink
1 412-0935 NETZERO ISP
1 412-0912 MS WORKS 8.5
1 950-3339 3 Year Limited Warranty
1 960-7391 1 yr Automated PC Tune Up
1 987-4827 Insp Datasafe 10GB,1YR,DHS
1 420-7094 DataSafe Online 10GB for Dim/Ins/XPS
1 420-7091 DataSafe Online Dim/Ins/XPS
1 982-8852 Warranty Support,2 Year Extended
1 983-3680 Warranty Support,Initial Year
1 986-5807 Thank you for choosing a Limited Warranty and Service Contract
1 987-3118 Dell Hardware Warranty PlusOnsite Service, Extended Year
1 982-1252 Type 15- Third Party At Home Service with Nights and Wee kends, 24x7 Technical Support,2 Year Extended
1 987-3147 Dell Hardware Warranty PlusOnsite Service, Initial Year
1 982-4320 Type 15- Third Party At Home Service with Nights and Weeke ends, 24x7 Technical Support, Initial Year
1 412-0359 Soft Contracts - Qualxserve
1 420-7627 PC Tune-up, 1 Year (For English OS only)
1 310-8591 You have chosen a Windows XP System
1 466-7687 Thank you for choosing Dell
1 464-9572 No Preinstalled Software
1 988-0089 DataSafe included with DellCare Service bundle
1 330-0172 S and P Drop-in-Box Marcom forDHS Desktops

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