To upgrade or not to upgrade?

[gcol]

Current system:
Asus K8NE-Deluxe Motherboard (754 pin)
AMD64 3200 clawhammer (1mb cache)
Gainward 6800GT Golden Sample

Ok here's my dilema.
I bought the Graphics card in February for £316. It died last Sunday, I took it back to Scan Computers where they gave me a refund of £250 because they had no AGP card of a similar spec. So the question is, do I spend the refund money on another AGP 6800GT (cheapest I can find is £200 from Amazon) or do I spend around £500 and replace the motherboard, the CPU and the graphics card and get an SLI setup? I reckon I could sell my existing motherboard and CPU on Ebay for around £110.
I just don't want to spend money on out of date AGP hardware.
Opinions please.
Thanks,
Gcol

 

[empip]

Gwan .. spend some dosh .. You cannot take it with you !!

 

[Igorian]

It's only out of date if it doesn't do what you want it to. Why did you accept a refund less than the value?

 

[gcol]

Because the card isn't worth £316 anymore. It can be had for less than that from elsewhere. To be honest I was pleased with £250 refund - they at first offered me £175 credit! What use is credit if they've nothing you want.
What you're implying is that I can have a card for 9 months, have it break and because they don't have the same or similar spec card they have to give me a full refund. I've had 9 months use outta that card, and for them to give me the full refund would have been unfair. With a £316 refund I could have bought a s**t kicking SLI card. (although i'd have had to replace my mb and cpu. Fairness works both ways you know.
This is the second Gainward card i've had - both have lasted 9 months, so never again.
Igorian, you miss my point - an AGP 6800GT is now the same price as a PCI-E 7800GT. I just hate to pay over the odds for a lesser card just because they're in short supply now. What i'm saying is that maybe I should bite the bullet and upgrade while I have the chance - while my mb and cpu are still worth something and I haven't spent the money on an AGP card yet. That's all.
I hope you see what I'm trying to get at.
My pc did do what I wanted it to (and more). It's just that I like to play the new games at full quality settings and I don't know for how long a 6800GT will do that. At least if I get a PCI-E MB now, I can upgrade in stages in future if you get my meaning. I'm still not 100% sure though.
Best,
Gcol