what kind of videocard shall we have???

there isnt that much difference between the PRO and XT compare to the double price on the XT
whats for sure u have to go for the 9800PRO and not Nvidia 5900, and if u r hardware maniak like me and will buy HL2 copy anyway which will save u another 50 bucks go for the XT (of course if u got the dough) :thumbup:

oh yeah the difference :

XT: PRO:
Engine Clock: 412MHz 380 MHz
Memory Clock: 730MHz 680MHz

plus PRO comes available in 128/256MB

Wait for the NV40 chipseries or if you want it right away take an Ati Radeon 9800 Pro.

Or at least wait till the new series come out then the prices for an 9800 will drop anyway (if you wanted 2 buy it)

Depending on the amount of cash you have, I'd buy either an Radeon 9800 Pro, or an XT.
The standard 9800 pro's have become really cheap, and they'll keep you satisfied for atleast a year, just as the 9700 is still doing!

The PS3.0 everyone is talking about isn't implemented in any game right now, and won't be for the next two years!
Games like Doom3 and HL2, will have PS3.0, but they are only used for performance gain, not visual quality. Even FarCry, which is getting a PS3.0 update, won't look any better then it looks now...

So why should you pay ~500 $/€ for a card you can't fully use anyway?

I don’t think HL2 will use PS3.0 or even Far Cry.

For Far Cry’s upgrade
Far Cry is using
“Displacement Mapping a Vertex Shader feature not Pixel Shader.�
-- Brent Justice _Hardocp