Buying good graphics at average conf

[saurabhgangarde]

Hello,
My current PC configuration is:
Intel DH55HC board,
Core i3 2100 3.1 GHz,
2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz (Buying 8 GB more)

I want to choose graphics card mostly between HD 6870 and GTX 560. (If any other then please suggest)
I am mainly interested in playing first person shooter like COD, Battlefield, Crysis, etc.

Please help me choose good card to buy around $200

 

[bigcyco1]

The GTX 480 is the beast out the three cards recommended above and the GTX 480 runs circles around the GTX 560 and 6870

 

[saurabhgangarde]

For playing at high settings with GTX 560 OR 6870. Is my rest of the PC configuration good enough to handle that ? (Adding 700 W PSU).
And which one will be better among GTX 560 OR 6870 ?

 

[Sunius]

Which 700 W PSU are you adding?

I'd strongly suggest going with GTX 480 as it's more powerful. But your computer is decent, it will handle mostly everything you throw at it (as long as it's reasonable of course).

 

[saurabhgangarde]

That was quick reply, thanks, But is my PC capable to handle that ? Mainly the processing power, cause here I see lot of people have i7 processors ..

 

[Sunius]

It your PC is more than capable for it. Don't be fooled - the i3 2100 is incredibly fast CPU for gaming nowadays.

 

[saurabhgangarde]

Best answer selected by saurabhgangarde.