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Well, I don't think PCI-e 3.0 would have made any difference really. The only difference between 2.0 and 3.0 is increased bandwidth, and even the 7970 couldn't manage to come close to saturating a 2.0 slot overclocked.
As for the 4800 series...face it, they're old cards now. As I'm sure you'll agree, they can still put up a fight, but with the 5000 and 6000 series to compare to, why bother mentioning the 4000 series?
I've been trying to hold out on buying a new card until Kepler arrives, but with the performance scaling of the 7950... I dunno. My birthday is in March, so if Nvidia doesn't at least have some confirmed specs and a release date on their 28nm flagship by then, I'll probably treat myself to a 7970/2x7950.