Hy!

Can anybody tell me if 9800SE is really a good alternative to 9600pro
if
I am going to use the card mainly for 3D game making?

I mean, I don't have enough money for a 9800 or 9800 pro,
but I would (ideally) need full dx9 support. Is this achieved by
9800SE too (as compared to the other 9800's). And what about
performance of this Strange Edition? Can't find reliable reviews on
that and neither for 9600 non-pro and I would need to be sure there
aren't any cuts BUT performance(FrameSec) related ones in this SE
cards.

About 9600. I found a reasonably priced card, namely
"Gigabyte GV-R96128D-ATI Radeon 9600-128Mb DDRAM AGP 8X TV-OUT DVI
Dual display Retail (64bit)" - 114 USD. The cheapest pro version is
at 180 USD. Does anybody know of any review for it? Or, if you have
it, how does it behave?
Any reson to go for Hercules at 190 Euro, for huge retail 9600pro?

I have seen many frequencies listed for the 9600 cards off various
manufacturers. Which are the default ones? and memory speeds also.

Thank you!