Heyyo,
I think USB will be around for a long time. no worries there. Heck, firewire's older than USB2, and I only know a few people who use firewire... it's less popular right now.
N' I saw your computer PMB, very classy man, I like. But have you thought aboot maybe getting a larger wooden suitcase with wheels for your conveinience? (lol, however you spell that word. stupid gharmmar...

) Cause if you did that then you could get a beast of a card. I suggest not a pci-express, cause I heard they're not much better than an ATI Radeon 9800 pro...
N' I've searched for some intergrated graphics benchmarks, and as usual, I found a good one at tom's hardware guide:
http://graphics.tomshardware.com/gra...aphics-14.html
I diddn't know they made 9800's as ingergrated graphics... ya learn somethin' new every day I guess.
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Oh nevermind... I just can't read. 9800 is not intergrated... stupid words.
