Card Chip DX Generation Chipclock Memoryclock Buswidth Pipes

GeForce4 Ti 4200 128 NVIDIA NV25 DX 8.1 250 444 128-bit 4x2

Radeon 9800 XT ATI R360 DX 9 412 730 256-bit 8x1
Radeon 9800 Pro 256 ATI R350 DX 9 380 700 256-bit 8x1
Radeon 9800 Pro ATI R350 DX 9 380 680 256-bit 8x1


I'm guessing the big increase in performance is gained in the Buswidth, and a bit in the memory clock departments. I'm not sure what the difference between 8x1 or 4x2 means or if it really even matters. Moreover, will the 9800XT be a significant enough increase to buy? I did see some other cards on that list that seemed to be comparable to the 9800 series.. is there something in your opinion that would prevent me from buying one of these? Are the that much more expensive?

GeForce FX 5800 U NVIDIA NV30 DX 9 500 1000 128-bit 8x1
GeForce FX 5950 U NVIDIA NV38 DX 9 475 950 256-bit 8x1

These are all below the latest generation of cards, aren't they?

=/

I hate being tech stoopid.

Edit: Ok.. got to looking through all the performance charts and Jesus H.. does my card suck. OMG.. "F BUCKS" LOL! That's pretty funneh. I did notice the tests were all done last December.. so I'm hoping that the corresponding prices for all these cards is nearly halved.