Upgrade time! few quesitons

[7thkevin]

so, I wanna up grade my video card, right now i have an nvidia 8800gt

my mobo

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.a ... 6813188009

my psu

http://www.atxcases.com/products/produc ... prodid=471


whats the best card i can get for around 250$ or so?

[YARDofSTUF]

Either drop down to the $150-160 range and grab a 5770, or move up to the $290-300 range for the 5850.

If you plan to play a lot of borderlands then I guess consider waiting for a DX11 Nvidia card as teh game runs better on Nvidia cards, but ATI/AMD seem to have the rest goign in their favor right now.

Some good reviews of the modern cards can be found here:
http://www.hardocp.com/reviews/gpu_video_cards/

Note: I didn't check power reqs of the cards, I'm feeling lazy

[Sava700]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814143197

I can't tell much of the specs of the PSU so unsure exactly but I like this card in that price range

[YeOldeStonecat]

Either drop down to the $150-160 range and grab a 5770, or move up to the $290-300 range for the 5850.

That's where my vote would go. I used a Sapphire 5770 in the boys gaming rig we built over XMas. Runs quite well. 165 bucks at NewEgg.

In my opinion..if you're building a new rig now, get a card that supports DX11. Why not future proof your rig a little bit, it only makes sense, instead of dropping cash on already outdated cards. The dx11 games are out, Jake plays some on his..and they're jaw dropping gorgeous.

[Sava700]

That's where my vote would go. I used a Sapphire 5770 in the boys gaming rig we built over XMas. Runs quite well. 165 bucks at NewEgg.

In my opinion..if you're building a new rig now, get a card that supports DX11. Why not future proof your rig a little bit, it only makes sense, instead of dropping cash on already outdated cards. The dx11 games are out, Jake plays some on his..and they're jaw dropping gorgeous.

I only know of 3 games out currently that support DX11 so its not that main stream yet but I do agree if you can afford it may as well get a DX11 card, I'm looking forward to Crysis 2 which should release sometime later this year.

[Paft]

I'm just chiming in with some love for an nvidia GTX 260...

[7thkevin]

picked up the 5770 lovin it so far

[The_Informer]

4 months to decide? Ahh wth, good luck, and enjoy.