Smith| said:
Yes, the x800 is very expensive but it's worth it. The x800Pro is probably 1.7x-2x+ faster than your 9700Pro and the x800XT is atleast 2.3x faster ;O.
Look its quite simple, if you want to waste your money on buying that card fine, who am i to say that you should not buy that card.
+ My 9700 works perfectly fine for every game so why the hell would i buy a new card when i still do not need it...cuz its faster??? come on that card here costs 400-500 euros thats like a new dell PC for crying out loud.
But im looking at price - quality, and for now since the x800 price is HUGE i would wait, till it becomes less expensive.
OR buy 9800 pro which will work fine for you more then a year. Since HL2 & Doom 3 are now the leading two games in graphics and they work perfectly with a 9800 pro.
EDIT: what Smith did forgot to mension is that a x800 needs a huge Power Supply.My friend had a 400 watt power supply, and suddenly had some crashes on his comp and it went slow, ATI recommended (by phoning them) to upgrade to a 450-500 watt power supply, which aint cheap eigther ill tell u.