The closer you get to the next generation being released the worse a deal the current generation is. Sure, if your card died recently then this is a great deal, but if you're able to get by for another 6 months either the NVIDIA 4x00 series or AMD 7x00 series are probably going to be much better deals. Based on the rumors, the next gen cards that match this card's performance for hundreds of $ less. Of course supply might be an issue, but hopefully the collection of factors that made the current generation so difficult to find won't be nearly as bad at the end of the year.