I know sketchup! but i dont know Hardware! lol

[high_dan]

Hi all!
my name is daniel and im a landscape architect and have been using sketchup for about 4 years now and the more i use it the more i love it!
i am now going back to uni to do my master in landscape architecture and have decided to buy a computer, hopefully some of you on here could point me in the right direction for the best pc for my money.

this is what im currenlty looking at:
http://www.yoyotech.co.uk/yoyotech-water-dragon-tempest-case-500w-phemon-coolit-water-cooler-memory-750gb-hard-drive-radeon-4890-graphics-card-bluray-reader-onboard-sound-vista-64bit-p-2513791.html

but with a graphics card up to BFG Geforce GTX 275 OC 869mb 2.0x16, and with xp pro.

This comes in @ £949.

Has anyone used this graphics card for sketchup?
What OS ? XP Pro 64bit or 32bit, Vista 64bit, or wait for Windows 7?
Is a Solid state harddrive worth it (its another £100)?
Soory for all the questions on my first post but Would be very greatful of any advice on the best setup and hardware.

[solo]

Dan

The card works great with SU, I have the 280 and 285 (different machines) and they handle very well too.

I have the 280 on a XP Pro 32 bit and the 285 on a Vista 64 bit, no issues whatsoever, it's also good practice to keep your drivers current.

In the past I was an AMD fanboy but with the new i7's from Intel I would recommend you look into it as the performance is awesome, especially if you plan to render or use 3rd party apps like 3D Max, XSI, etc.

[high_dan]

Thanks for the help solo!
The system comes with vista home premium so might stick with that as xp pro is a £40 extra!
I was originally looking at intel , I currently have a pentium 4 2.93ghz system and hasn't been great for sketch and hasn't intel machine been historically a bad mix with sketch?

Do you have any experiamce with a solid state drive for programme booting?

Thanks again

Daniel