Man, it's times like this I wish I lived in the US... Radeon 8500's are like 750 bux here in Oz, and GF3's range from high 600's (Leadtek) to over 900 for a Hercules or ASUS.
GF3 Ti's? I don't wanna know how much they'll be... If you go to some online stores you can still get a price of over 300 bux for an original GF...