Well they didn't do me any favors but they certainly helped ATI. I grabbed a Radeon 4650 as a quick replacment so I could use my computer but i'm gonna get a 5000 series in a week or two. Been looking at this
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150463
The performance difference between that one and the $500 cards are not even noticable on most application.