Regards my previous post about Matrox vs ATI / Nvidea I was thinkin of graphics applications (CAD, animations, 3D etc) so yeah the post from Antinoise seems to be knowledgable enough (more than I know).

Good luck dude - hope you're not gettin too confused with the differing opinions out there.

PS - I think TDK or Philips are meant to be the bestest CDRW & DVD burners and readers etc. They are also meant to be the best manufacturers of CD's as well...