if i play at 800x600 my screen goes all smaller than my moniter but my desktop and other games are 1024x768 so i would have to mess with my moniter a lot

well, I turned down everything to as low as it can go, and 800x600 60hz rez, and I've been able to play a couple maps on some ranked servers, haven't tried the armory yet though

I am having trouble connecting to any ranked servers other than "Internode" ones.

For some reason they say I am not connected to the internet

I don't really mind since I get good ping on the Internode ones.