I've looked up a few benchmarks; what I gathered from them suggested the 5770 has performance more along the lines of a GTX 260 than the GTS 250. In any case, I'd still be getting DirectX11 and as I've noted I'd love to upgrade to that plus a Phenom II quad core. You do make a good point, though... the GTS 250 is still a pretty good GPU and I don't really need to spend the money at this point. Doesn't stop me from wanting newer stuff though, eh?