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The assrape is exaggerated. Obviously I buy good stuff now. I went from an AXP 2800+ w/ a Radeon 9600 (OC'ed to 400/500!) to a Brisbane 3600+ @2.8GHz, and a 7600GT @ 600/1600. (the 7600 was on sale too, I couldn't resist)
I do fully anticipate DX10 on XP. And wait time won't really matter since few games use DX10, and this will likely be the case for some time. (Considering they need to finish it, then release the SDK, THEN wait for games to be made. I'll bet it will see revisions like DX8 and DX9 too.