for less than 200 bucks you can get a 6600gt. that would smoke your current card. (I'm assuming AGP since that's what the 9600XT is.) Depending on the rest of your system, you might want to get something a little more beefy. If your system is kind of slow, having the latest and greatest won't really do that much for you. shoot, the rig i have now still can't keep up with my videocard.