Thanks a lot for the answers so far!

I went back to the stickies but can't find what you are referring to. If it's like a database of card hash rates I'd love to see it, do you think you could link it to me?

I will play around with the solo mining, but the guide I found on setting it up says there is a problem with the latest version. Can anyone confirm this? Should I just wait until the guide is updated?

EDIT: Also, I'm curious if GUIMiner can produce the same hash rate as using poclbm.exe in a command window.