Yeah, I hear ya about crappy products. My last ATI card was an actual ATI card and have had no problems up until now.
This is the search page I'm using to get my choices:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...GP+4X%2f8X
And I've been looking at Tom's Hardware guide for overall performance ratings:
http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphi...=722&chart=318