Not dead yet. Been playing with the computer I built. To lazy to download a benchmarking thingamabob. Screenshots will be coming and in excess. Here is the dxdiag report for those who want to see the what I bought:

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System Information
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Time of this report: 2/18/2006, 02:07:52
Machine name: TURK-6D1A6B065
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: System manufacturer
System Model: System Product Name
BIOS: BIOS Date: 09/19/05 12:07:53 Ver: 08.00.10
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.20GHz (2 CPUs)
Memory: 1024MB RAM
Page File: 367MB used, 2094MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode

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