Definately PCI is muy bien, but if you have a tight budget then the on-board system you have will give you great sound, just take a little more CPU usage.
Well price watch is great if you find a good company with a high rating. Just use the links i posted. newegg is always popularly recomended on here too, and they're supposed to have good prices.
The 9600 XT doesn't get much more performance than the 9600 Pro. They don't offer a lot more than their Pro counterpart aside from a bigger price tag. I say 9800 or 9800 pro is your best bet, even without the soft mod.
Here's an article on the 9600 XTs performance...
I've seen reports of the 9600 Pro 256, you're not getting much of a performance increase from the extra ram though, maybe 1 or 2 FPS. The 9800 uses a different core with more efficent architecture in the VPU, it also has higher clock speeds than the 9600 Pro. The nice thing about a 9800 is...
Well at least you don't hate it cause it's "kiddy", i'm excited about it, i saw a trailor in the theaters and that's all i need. I hate watching too many trailors cause then half the good lines are ruined for ya.
Like scary movie three would have been a funnier if they didn't show off all...
Scariest experience?
Tripping on DXM hard. I was bored, so i tried this pure DXM my friend made so i could make FLCL even weirder. At first I thought I was gonna die, then I had these horrible hulcinations for about four hours. My mind felt like it was breaking apart in like 20 places...