Interested in NVIDIA after years of AMD

[whiteglint]

I'm not anywhere near an avid knowledge based person in interchanging desktop parts, so im in the blank as to what happens when changing graphics cards?

How do i prepare?
What do i need in software or drives for when i purchase an invidia card?
Is it that easy to just pop in the new one for it to start functioning?

current card: AMD Radeon HD 6700 Series
looking for INVIDIA thatll top this at least to be able to run most games flawlessly.
(blizzard games, battlefield 3, warframe,eve, Elite Dangerous)

Intel Core i7-2600 CPU @ 3.40GHz (8 CPUs), ~3.4GHz
Dell XPS 8300

thank you for your time.

 

[Guest]

The best budget-ish GPU is GTX 960.The most Powerful is GTX 980 and 980 Ti

 

[Gam3r01]

To prep, uninstall the AMD graphics drivers, and power down and remove the AMD card. Install the Nvidia card, and download its drivers. As simple as that.
What is your budget for the specific card?

 

[whiteglint]

To prep, uninstall the AMD graphics drivers, and power down and remove the AMD card. Install the Nvidia card, and download its drivers. As simple as that.
What is your budget for the specific card?

Thanks for the help, probably $150-200.
I want it to last for a few years.

 

[whiteglint]

The best budget-ish GPU is GTX 960.The most Powerful is GTX 980 and 980 Ti

Ill be sure to check out the 960.
Seems about right around what im looking for.
thanks for the help.

 

[Gam3r01]

A 960 would be your Nvidia option
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card ($198.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $198.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-28 23:11 EDT-0400

However, for a few dollars more you can get a 280X, which will perform better by about 15% stock to stock comparison. It is also the Vapor-X model.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card ($209.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $209.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-28 23:12 EDT-0400

 

[whiteglint]

A 960 would be your Nvidia option
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card ($198.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $198.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-28 23:11 EDT-0400

However, for a few dollars more you can get a 280X, which will perform better by about 15% stock to stock comparison. It is also the Vapor-X model.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card ($209.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $209.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-28 23:12 EDT-0400

thanks a ton! ill just go ahead and go for the Sapphire.