Obviously it's going to appear like I'm the lamb in amongst the wolves here but why upgrade at all? I'm still quite happily tootling along with my Nvidia 7100 and have no plans to upgrade because nothing I use my PC for requires the power of even the cheapest card available. The PC isn't exactly busting to the gills with decent games that require a powerful graphics card anyway.
'scuse me while I duck back down below the parapet