Thanks for the reply,

The 9600gt is fairly new and the reviews I've seen show it performing nearly as well as the 8800, but for $100 less.
http://arstechnica.com/reviews/hardw...0gt-review.ars

I'm tempted to just buy it all, but I also need another monitor and the total cost is above my budget (Budget: Amount of money I can spend without my gf, with whom I share living expenses, completely flipping her $%!t).