Well I just bought a 9800 Pro, just the 128MB version though. Looks good so far. I can play Halo at full settings now. Yes, a little late, but I wanted to try it and it was cheap. I also ordered a athlon xp 2600+ that will hopefully work with my mobo. If it does, I may just run this setup a little longer. If not, I'll put the CPU in my sister's pc and start building my new one.
i got a radeon 9500pro (128mb), XP 2600+, 512 DDR RAM, and the only game that i can't run at full settings now would be Morrowind....those effects are insane!
hell, i can run Half-Life 2 at full settings and it runs smooth.