I can't see spending all that money on a graphics card because it's "new" unless you use it for your job (content creation, high end graphics design etc.) or if you're a super high end gamer who has a lot of money to blow away. I only have an ATI radeon X300 and that does alright for what I do, but I do plan on getting a 7600GT sometime soon because they are decently priced and they have everything I need and more. If you want to go spend all that money on a GPU then go right ahead, I just see no point in it unless your current card is extremely outdated.