Spec Me A GPU (please)

[hotdog]

Hi people,

Im looking to upgrade my graphics card this Christmas and im going to take the plunge and buy either tonight or Wednesday!!!

Im coming from 2x 7300gt (ddr3). With 2gig ram and a X2 4800 @ 2.8 - and a Seasonic 500w supply.

Now i understand its going to be a huge leap from my trusty pocket rocket 7300's but im looking for a single card costing upto £250 (ish)

So far in my shortlist i have:

OcUK GeForce 8800 GT 512MB GDDR3
Gainward BLISS GeForce 8800 GT Golden Sample 1024MB GDDR3
Gainward BLISS GeForce 8800 GTS 512MB GDDR3
BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC 512MB GDDR3
OcUK GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB GDDR3

Please give me your feelings on the above, im using a 20'' samsung and i play Crysis, C&C & C.O.D4 - help, help, help.

Many thanks

 

[hotdog]

Ok thanks so far...

Core2Duo is great - but at the moment i cannot afford new ram, chip etc. I think an X2 @ 2.8 is still pretty competitive, so that leads me into the original question???

The GTX seems to cause a lot of heat issues and uses loads of juice ?
The GTS uses the new architecture, but is it any better in real world terms? Am i going to see a differance for the extra £30 ish quid?

The plan is to keep the GPU until next year when quad cpu, 8gig ram and SLi are common place....

Possibly sooner than we think, i reckon...

Which one guys. Which one ?

\cheers

 

[hotdog]

Ive just typed in some of my components into the A'Bay and people are paying over £100 for a X2 4800 ! I also have a DFI expert board which is running at £30+

I never new my PC was worth so much !

Back to the graphics , whats the advantage of getting an ATI card ? I thought nVidia was the king at the mo?