Well I guess it was nice to see a shot of the Half life 1 team. They look like a happy bunch there. Going by the websites last modified date for that pic(04-Dec-2001 23:48).
I do have a question about the 9800xt. Other then the bump in clock/mem speed is there anything different? All I can seem to find is that Inquirer articles and random hearsay right now.
As for the thread starter my opinion depends on what card you are upgrading from. I would say go with...
Well you can have good system with Via chipsets. I think they have done well for the people that I made less expensive computers for. Also I don't dislike your computer, but you might have a flaw in your purchasing. Other people probably noticed it but your cpu is designed to run at a 333...
A 9600 pro is a dx9 card. It will be able to do it all on the hardware. I am not sure if this is making sense since I haven't had to much sleep recently waiting for the Steam release.