yeah dude belive me, go with the geforce, i just spent about 230 dollars on a 9800 pro, when i could have gotten a nice 6600 GT for about 200. i would suggest the 9800 pro, but u have a 9600xt, so i would go with something a little higher than a 9800 pro. Ah yeah and btw, i was upgradeing from a 4 ti 4200, and if anyone says that that wanst a good upgrade, damn ur retarted. lol anyway, i would suggest the 6600GT, i almost wished i should have went with that, even though ive actaully seen that my card rapes that card in the hl2 engine. well that is kinda why ATI sponsers hl2, and vise versa. Either that or go pcie whatever u want. And i dont realize why everyone is saying that AGP is dying, it is dying but its not like they will stop making agp cards really anytime soon. Its the standard right now. pcie is brand new. And it prolly wont really kick in for a while. ah not to mention, ive heard many things about pice, and than it runs SLOWER than AGP 8 x pro. rofl. i wouldnt go pcie yet, i think its too new and i have to wait before i spend 1 g on a comp that wont run well. lmao. ne way i gtg do shyt peaace