My system is about 4 years old now, built by my own hands and its been a good reliable system. I believe the video card is starting to die out... and that soon a new card is in order. I've been reading up on the ATI 9500np/9500pro and the 9700np/9700pro. As my sig points out, the 9500pro is a "wish" item of mine that I plan on purchasing when I feel the time is right. As for now, I started noticing stuff about softmodding the 9500np. What exactly is this process, what does it do, and where can I read more about it? Does it work for a 9500pro? Any gains to the card or system performance. For those of you reading my system specs and thinking "your cpu... or well, the rest of your computer is a bottleneck" I know this. The video card is a first buy towards a new system. Just wondering about what card to get and how I would go about softmodding it. Any help/responses appreciated

Dave