Best Graphics card upgrade?

[squarehead94]

hey guys,
so in about July-August time I will be updating my graphics card. I will be replacing my ATI Radeon HD4870. I am looking for a card with DX11. I am also looking for one that is fairly cool and quiet, I was looking at the GTX 570 or at a push a GTX 580. I was told the GTX 480 is a great card but it is noisy as hell. And hot. im not too bothered about the extra 256mb Vram, because from what I have heard, the GTX 570 can still perform as good as the GTX 480. My budget is 200-250 maximum, What is the best card for me to get? I have seen some GTX 580s for about 250-280ish, but if the performance is not that much greater than a £50-60 cheaper card (the gtx 570) then id just get that but, i thought id ask for opinions, maybe of people that have those cards.
my rig is currently:
Asus Sabertooth p67, 4gb dominators, (going to get another 4gb ram i think) 2500k, corsair tx750 v2, corsair hydro h80 watercooler, 320gb sata3 hard drive, radeon hd4870.
Thanks!

 

[Gregster]

Come July/August time the 580/570 "should be cheaper". Both AMD and Nvidia are/have released new cards.

Take a look in the GFX card section bud for some more involved info.

 

[ShakeNBake]

might be worth waiting until the PCI-e 3.0 cards come out (if your motherboard supports it), as they will make all of the current gen 2.0 cards obselete pretty much.

if not, you really can't go wrong with any of the nvidia graphics cards available at the moment. 460/470/480/560/570/580 are all great dx11 cards.

if you are gaming at 1080p or above, you are going to need as much vRAM as possible if you want to be future proof, games are using more and more vRAM and 1GB doesn't cut it if you wanna have high AA levels enabled.

 

[Surveyor]

might be worth waiting until the PCI-e 3.0 cards come out (if your motherboard supports it), as they will make all of the current gen 2.0 cards obselete pretty much.

PCI-E 3.0 cards are already out, the AMD 7xxx series.

They haven't made PCI-E 2.0 cards obsolete.

if not, you really can't go wrong with any of the nvidia graphics cards available at the moment. 460/470/480/560/570/580 are all great dx11 cards.

You're not an AMD fan then?

 

[rowedogg]

what resolution monitor do you game on?

 

[honosuseri]

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/549?vs=518

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The link can help you decide on what to choose. I see SnBs point of view the 460 is a great budget GPU can OC well (mine's @900mhz) to nigh on 6870 performance. 7850 has 2GB VRAM and tops the 6950 and nvidias 560ti (performance and preorder price) for your budget that's what I would buy.

 

[squarehead94]

erm, i think its 1600 x 900 res, i dont do top end resolution... i only play on a 20" lcd tv that has monitor input. im gutted i dont have the money now to be honest, ive read theres mass price cuts on nvidia's top end cards, the gtx 580 is now 299, the 570 is 239! to be honest ive never been a huge fan of AMD, only got this because it was off a mate.

 

[StonedPenguin]

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