Heyyo,
I'd say go for the x850 XT PE. The newest cards aren't worth the pricetag. They're just so high priced for the rich folk who have no budget really. Kindof like videogames. HL2 was released at over $80 cad, now just after a month or so the price is down to $60 cad I think. Far Cry used to be $70 cad as well I think, now you can pick it up at staples for $12 cad. So yeah, with computers, the longer they've been out, the more acceptable the price tag.
I'd say go for the x850 XT PE. The newest cards aren't worth the pricetag. They're just so high priced for the rich folk who have no budget really. Kindof like videogames. HL2 was released at over $80 cad, now just after a month or so the price is down to $60 cad I think. Far Cry used to be $70 cad as well I think, now you can pick it up at staples for $12 cad. So yeah, with computers, the longer they've been out, the more acceptable the price tag.