For those of you interested I just did a comparison of the shogun against the 9500. System as follows:
amd 4800, stock, at 1.36v
2 x 1gb ballistix, running at DDR400; timings: 2,2,2,5 at 2.78v
seasonic s12 600
evga 6200tc
antec p180
evga sli mobo
scythe shogun w/ 96 cfm masscool fan...