Now i have a (when i bought it) fancy winfast GeForce2 Titanium time to change i told myself a month ago...
So i bought a (i tought) fancyer Soundblaster GeForce5 5200 for 105 €, plugged it and installed latest nvidia drivers

CRAP!

The 3Dmark was more or less the same and i didnt noticed all that wonderfull per vertex shaders and stufff. Even the fairy demo wont run, it just changed screen modes and then hanged!

In maya the Cg Shaders looked the same as normal hardware shaders and it allowed me to move more or less the same polycount at the same speed...(350000 at 4fps)

Thank god in that shop they return your money if youre not happy with the stuff you bought.

So the question is: Is it worth the time (and money if i finally conserve it or possible drivers conflicts if i finally return to the Gef2Ti...) to try a Radeon 9700 Pro For 490€?.
Will i notice a great change?
Will i throw my money by the window?
Im confused, al those graphic cards guys promise you so much, and bill you equally, and then...