Well, there are other things to keep in mind, for example that Dx10 is Vista exclusive and Vista costs a lot, especially the Ultimate version costs about as much as a new video card. I recently got a new 7950GT and I got it mainly because it's cheaper and because it also uses a lot less energy, that means I can save a lot of money one energy costs until those manufacturers finally get the current CPU trend and produce some good video cards that don't use huge amount of energy.