New card suggestions?

[xroe]

I am planing on upgrading my video card soon and am unable to decide on which would be my best choice. At the moment I am stuck between three choices.

EVGA gtx 570 1.25gb card
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7218672&Sku=E145-0574

MSI gtx 660 TI 2gb card
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4805058&CatId=7387

Gigabyte 7950 3gb card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125414
I'm looking to stay in the 200-300 dollar range. Any suggestions, information or other card ideas would be greatly appreciated.



PS incase specs are an issue, mine are as follows

AMD fx6120
10 gb ddr3 1600
2 x 1TB hdd
gtx 550TI 1gb (just not cutting it)
400 watt power supply (will be ordering a 650 watt when I order the card)

 

[xroe]

well i think we have found a winner.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130817

 

[bigshootr8]

He is playing Borderlands 2 so I would say a nvidia solution would be better for him. I would say you would be just fine with 2 gigabytes xroe. 3 gigabytes is nice because in games like bf3 you end up using 1.5-1.8 in that range at max so I would imagine having a little extra would be nice no you don't get a performance increase from it but you do get a little more ram to draw from. Also with the recent article from techreport I would say the 7950 and the 660Ti are a bit different then what you see. mike.
http://techreport.com/review/23981/radeon-hd-7950-vs-geforce-gtx-660-ti-revisited

 

[xroe]

Thank, you have been great help and it's much appreciated.

 

[xroe]

also are you in the mood to buy a gently used nvidia gtx 550 TI in the future

 

[bigshootr8]

well i think we have found a winner.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130817

I think you will be very happy with that card. It has a blower design so in a poorly cooled case it will perform well if you have a decently cooled case more props to you

 

[xroe]

Best answer selected by xroe.

 

[bigshootr8]

Lol I have a gtx670 you couldn't get me to touch that with a 10 foot pole try ebay or the classifieds on tomshardware.

 

[xroe]

meh, probaly just going to give it to someone on skype who can use it to breath some much needed life into their comp.

 

[bigshootr8]

haha there you go santa xroe hitting a skype near you

 

[xroe]

honestly speaking i only bought that card b/c i was on a 130 dollar budget and i had to get a 400 watt power supply to. the card that came with the comp was a 7570 and i knew it was no where up to the task. i got it knowing i would only use it for about 4 months to hold me off until i could save up enough to get a better card.

 

[bigshootr8]

I feel you something to tie you over yea it makes sense well your 660Ti will be quite a leap from what you currently have so I hope you are ready.

 

[xroe]

yep, and now i'm off to bed (got class in 5 hours). again thank you for the help

 

[bigshootr8]

My pleasure take care sir.

 

[xroe]

ohh yea i suppose i should mention the new power supply to, just to be safe. it comes out to be 35.99 with free shipping after MiR and 15% off promo code

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817152035

 

[bigshootr8]

No do not get that power supply spend the extra and get something like this.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817207013&Tpk=XFX%20550
and preferably this
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139020

Never go cheap on a power supply never you will thank me down the road.