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Well I decided to try the catalyst 5.6, with Catalyst Control Center ( before: catalyst 5.1 with control panel ). Installation - no problems. Significant boost to 3DMark05: 5515 to 5720 Thought I would stick with these drivers, BUT these drivers significantly prolong computer boot-up...

Anandtech was not too impressed with the Catalyst 5.6 drivers: "We just feel that if a performance gain isn't going to show under most conditions (not the least of which is heavy load) than it doesn't have a very large impact on user experience. " "It goes...

According to the "inquirer", this new driver, which is supposed to be released June 6, will not only offer the usual minor bug fixes..., but will give a major performance increase to PC games: http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=23594 New Catalyst 5.6 to give big boost to PC games...

Great answers! Appreciate it.

Indoor cat. Removing the claws may be the answer; but I am hoping to get a cat from the SPCA - and I understand de-clawing can only be done up to a certain age. I wonder if anyone has experience with cats (who still have their claws) in the home, and LCD screens.

"will ur cat attack ur TV if u have one at home?" I don't know; that's why I am asking. But a cat is unlikely to damage a glass TV screen; but an LCD screen is more fragile.

I know this is a bit of an unusual thread. I have 2 LCD's - I am thinking of getting a cat. So people with cats (and LCDs): Are the LCD's in danger? Do cats tend to attack (scratch) LCDs particularly if they see images they find interesting?

If only it'd be an 8 bit display.. How do you know, or where does it say that the screen is not 8-bit?

If you have an ATI video card, the answer is no. You need a program like ultramon to be able to display different wallpapers on the two monitors. If you have an nvidia video card, I'm not sure what the answer is.

I notice no blurring, and Far Cry, and Battlefield Vietnam play great in wide screen.

Yes it's OK.

"just buy from dell they have the best deals and best return policy" I also agree. Why would you want to take a chance of getting a monitor with a few stuck pixels right in the middle? Dell will take it back.

"Do any of you that have the cursor lag happen to have their video card hooked up to 2 monitors?" I have 2 LCD's (Dell 2005FPW, Viewsonic VX800) hooked up to 1 x800xt video card. No cursor lag.

I have a 2005fpw - and before deciding to go with this, I was also considering the 2001fp. But wide screen I think is the future - and wide screen video just looks fantastic on the 2005.

2005fpw, ati x800xt, with dell optical mouse - no lag