9600pro vs nonpro for a xp1700+

[ben]

I'm looking at buying either a 9600pro or nonpro for my system:

k7s5a 3.1 (AGP x4)
athlon xp 1700+
512Mb pc2100

I'd like to know if i would see much performace difference between the
cards or will my processor/ram bottleneck the pro card too much to
make the extra money for the pro a good investment.
I'm thinking along the lines of the effect in this article
(http://www6.tomshardware.com/graphic/20030120/vgacharts-05.html)
where it would seem that its very possible that with my processor it
will seriously limit the ability of the card.

thanks for any help or advice,

ben.

 

[JAD]

do you ever plan to upgrade the CPU/MB of your machine? If so then upgrade proof your video end of things for awhile, I don't think
you'll notice -benchmarks(with your eyes and brain), any bottleneck...