To the OP, I think you got the 240$ price from tigerdirect.ca and they suck big time. The best canadian etailers are directcanada, ncix, pc village, dytronix.
Going from 8800gt, I'd suggest you wait for the 1 GB GDDR5 version of HD4870. 4850 is enough of a performance boost for me since i'm upgrading from 1950pro 256 Mb.
4850 supports dx10.1 and beats 9800gtx in a lot of benchmarks, especially with 4xAA and 8xAA on. And it consumes less power too. I'd wait a few weeks for a custom cooling solution from ATI's partners. It's a mistake to make such a powerful card single slot, when motherboards have everything integrated. And I'm sure the price will drop quickly to 180 once the initial high demand calms down and stock is high.
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