I saw this card for US $179.99 is it a good card?? Directx 9.0 ?? I have a
GeForce3 Ti500 now.
I'm running a P4 2.6 gig, 1 meg



It's better than your Ti500 yes. It is DX9, yes.
For a decent comparison of the newer cards;
http://www.tomshardware.com/graphic/20031023/index.html