Advice on an upgrade or not to the MBP

Hi Everyone,
About 3 months ago I made a switch from the PC to the Mac. Best thing I ever did.
I currently have a 2.0 Macbook, 100 gig HD, and the superdrive.
One thing I miss about the switch is the ability to play games. THe macbook does not have the juice. Wehn I was a PC guy I loved Half Life. I had an ati all in wonder 2006 eddition video card.
I decided that it would be a good time to upgrade to a Macbook pro. I found a great deal at macmall for $1,800 for the base macbook pro core 2 duo. I figure for my macbook which is one month old (due to a replacement issue) It is custom with 100 gig HD and 1 gig ram. I can probably get about $1,300 on ebay. I also have the apple care on it.
So I figured about $500 get me the upgrade to the pro with the core 2 duo and better graphics and all the other benefits, so I can play some games etc.
Well.... I just realized that the MBP only has a 128 kb video card which is a dissapointment. So I need some advice on what to do...
1) Keep what I have until after new years... run a risk of it depreciating more, then see what is out there and if apple upgrades the card.
2) Pay more money and go for the MBP with the 256K video. Will cost about $500 maybe a little less
3) go to the apple web site and buy a refurb MBP CORE 1 DUO with the 256 video card for about the same price as a new core 2 duo base model.
4) Buy an xbox 360 for games and keep the macbook
5) See if I can get my old P IV PC working again
I can't think of any other options
Any advice would be really great!!!

I sold my MB and upgraded to a new C2D MBP and couldn't be happier. The graphics are a world of difference, and no excessive fan noise anymore. I just have the 128M graphics card, so I'm not sure how much better the 256M card would be.
-Bmer
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