Do not get the 9600xt, cancel your preorder. Revision 2 is comming!
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=12161
all the reviews of the Radeon 9600XT that you saw starting yesterday could easily be false, since ATI did one more respin on its chip before sending it to manufacturers just yesterday.
It seems that they have silicon that can run faster than the one currently being reviewed all over the net.
This means the 9600xt right now at 500/600 is going to soon be replaced with something along the lines of 550-575/650-700
This is analogous to the fx5600u rev. 2! The exact clocks are not known for the 9600xt rev. 2 but expect at least 550/650 :) 700MHz ram is very possible. This would eat a 9500 pro and easily match the mighty ti4600 even in dx8 without aa/af :eek: