and for an extra £30 you can double your ddr2 up to 1gb. but seriously dude. dadges card is better for the money. it would be cheaper too if ocuk didn't rip the knickers out of p&p. to have a 256mb card running more than a 22" screen at full resolutions (1680x1050 or more) is right on the max performance. i have a 7600GS 512 running arma @ 1680x1050 and it rocks at full settings. dadge on the other hand has a 7600GT 256 and running the exact same settings, his pc struggles at times. i would go for the 1gb because i believe that it is much better to have too much than it is to not have enough.
fair enough your cards ram speed is more than double but as i said befor if the card is only 128bit than ddr3 for that card is overkill. the playstation 1 is 128bit. dadge's is also 128 bit but the memory speed is much better for that bitrate.

i said nothing about future-proofing. i did say that i would need an upgrade sooner with your card.
but with that new card you're basically saying that 256mb of ddr3 is better than 1gb of ddr2? fair enough it is half the price but it has 75% less ram. and ddr3 ram is not 75% quicker than ddr2. and if your playing the new games your going to need more than 256mb m8. i thought you would of known that. for you to have that card (yours) at 1gb it will cost you about £180. this would mean that dadges card is better for the money. and to say that you can't compare cards on raw specs is just bs m8.
what would you rather have 1gb of ddr2 ram or 256mb of ddr3? also having ddr3 memory on a card that is only 128bit is like having a diesel porsche 911.

the link you posted is also DDR2 ram. the stats of both cards are exactly the same. only the memory is different. dadge's is 1gb @ £90 and yours is 512mb @ £45. so it's not as laughable as you may think. i would go for dadges because of means that i wouldn't have to upgrade for a longer time than if i were to buy the one you linked to.