1. the 9700 non pro is gonna be just as fast on your computer, even with fsaa
2. me too, I spent so much money, $18 for a tbird, $30 for a pally and now $76 for a tbred but im stopping there, 2GHz is plenty
I might spend on cooling.
3. Intel is way overpriced in my opinion, granted they have faster cpus, the 2.8c is like $300! I dont care if its a "little" faster, I wouldnt care if I got 70fps instead of 60.
4. I do not use fsaa and I do not yet need directX9. fsaa is almost free on radeon9500s and up but I run high res instead.
5. even if I had the money, it would go towards a car, house and investments There is no point in buying somethings thats overkill