Beowulf Zessinthal

this is my old desktop .. it has served me well for 7yrs use in SL but i think since an Nvidia update a week or two ago, the display is all broken (i did try restore s and driver roll backs.. but it seems to be a losing battle). -------------------- FYI .. This was a 'gaming' setup in its day: Dell Inspiron 530 (32-bit Operating System / X86-based PC) Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E6750 @ 2.66GHz, 2664 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 2 Logical Processor(s) 3.00 GB RAM Nvidia GeForce 8600 GT 24" monitor (was cheap but worked great!) Normal for me: I use a router and sit near to it. The SL viewer has me automatically set to a quality & speed setting of 'mid'. On an empty inworld work platform i generally get about 22fps. -------------------- Anyway 7 years is reasonable.. so i figure i need to look at whats out there. at DELL i see: XPS.. http://www.dell.com/nz/p/desktops?c=nz&cp=12&cs=nzdhs1&l=en&s=dhs&~ck=mn#!dlpgid=xps-desktops ..but doesnt even mention graphics/ video cards.. so maybe not? or: Alienware.. http://www.dell.com/nz/p/desktops?c=nz&cp=12&cs=nzdhs1&l=en&s=dhs&~ck=mn#!dlpgid=alienware-desktops ..but those also dont even mention (dedicated) graphics cards?! All i think i know generally is NVIDEA is still best for SL, that SL is OpenGL based ... aside from that ..pfft! Should i avoid any of the above? ... is there one that is positively recommended for any reason? Is it a case of 'any one of those will do fine'? Thanks for any help!!!

i need a few female avatars to just stand there on my platform for a half hour or so while i take snaps to use in some artwork im planning. I will pay 500L for this but you must have a good quality curvy pinup type of av. Please send me a notecard inworld with a pic of yourself on it if you want the chance to participate. Things i have seen that i like are ..garters with objects in them (gun champagne bottle tucked in etc), netting clothing, large and curvy everything :)... as long as it communicates pinup sexy^^ thanks -Beo