[Changing my viewer has turned me into a freak]

1. Firstly, uninstall all viewers.

2. Go into C:\Users\\AppData\Local - Delete anything there relating to any viewers you installed

3. Go into C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming - Delete anything THERE relating to any viewers you installed (back up Chat/IM logs if desired)

4. Reinstall your desired viewer.

5. ???

6. Profit.

[Gateway® P-7815u FX Edition compatible with SL?]

That should do just fine.

 

Sounds like a very decent system (except the Gateway part. I used to work for them. I hope you never need warranty service).

You can expect 20ish FPS at least, even in severely laggy areas.

[Mute List Limit]

Neglecting to uncheck the "Show script errors in chat" box in your preferences is not a bug that needs to be fixed.

Well, maybe it is for you...

[Which one is better for SL, NVIDIA GeForce or ATI Radeon?]

New ATI Models and drivers have done away with most if not all of the previous "BAW THEY HATE OPENGL" issues. So really go with whichever.

I'm running a laptop with a Mobility Radeon HD4650 and things seem fine here.

 

However! There are benefits outside of SL that may persuade you to go NVidia, depending on if you play other games.

PhysX for one, CUDA (although I'd assume OpenCL will eventually catch on for being more widely supported), and 3D Vision (although you'd need an external monitor for that) are all good reasons to go NVidia.

 

If price is a big factor, go ATI for sure.

-Asami

 

Edit: Windows 7 is fine also. 64bit here.