The cheapest price in the states for a 9800 Pro, per PriceGrabber, is $198 for the 128MB OEM card. The 9600 Pro is priced at $159 and strangely one vendor has the 9600 XT for $159 as well (most are around $170. You'd be better off to spend $160 on the card and $55 more for 256MB more memory.