Thanks for the help guys.I guess I'm gonna have to save a few bucks an get me a 6600 GT.
You could try the 7300GT AGP. $113.99
($83.99 after $30.00 Mail-In Rebate)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150198
On the note about the 4x vs 8x. I had an AMD Barton 2500+ on a NF7s board (8x) and my buddy had a Asus (Somethen or other 4x) and we both had 9700Pro's back then. The benchmarks were identical nearly. As a matter of fact in some cases he beat me but I think thats because his cpu ran the test better overall.
There was nearly NO difference between systems with him being forced to run at 4x and me at 8x. The best benchmark at that time for us that "MIGHT" take advantage of the 8x was 3dmark 03.
I think the whole thing is is when your running any game and sock the resolutions up and turn on the pretty lights and just overall mustard, its only then that there "MIGHT" be a difference. Most games then didnt have (that I know of) textures that exceeded the 128mb's on the 9700pro. I dont know 100% and maybe someone here does, but I think the "ONLY" time that 8x even becomes (marginal) any benefit difference is when the textures are bigger than the ram on the card and it access's the data across the AGP bus at either 4x as apposed to 8x.
Don't sweat your 4x at all. It's absolutely nothen to worry about.