What graphics card is best for my rig?

[rpltyler]

Hello all, I am desperate to upgrade my graphics card but wanted some advice on what i should get. my budget is around £300 but i could go over.

Currently i am running a Nvidia GTS 250.
asus p6t mother board, quad core i7 920, 12 gigs of ddr3 crosshair ram, and i think my power supply is around 650w.

I play Rift, cod, crysis and many other games on PC some of them i can push at running in "Ultra" but sometimes suffer on frame rate.

I also do a lot of HD video editing and some visual effects work on after effects and 3DS max, but for this rig, my main use is gaming.

so i would like to hear your thoughts on what i should upgrade to!

am also willing to upgrade power supply if need be!

Cheers

 

[Hydrogoo]

a lot of card recommendations swing around the 6950 atm so you can flash it to a 6970 and OC it some. Price tag ranges from £180 upwards. If you want to flash and OC it then you want a Rev 1 card like this:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-192-XF&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1752

Happy hunting!

 

[Cleeecooo]

I would say that the GTX 480 is the best card.
6950 is still a good card but with the 480 at this price that would be my choice.
For xfire, two of the 5850s on offer should beat most single cards.

 

[Kanpai]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-079-GI

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-112-MS&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1010

 

[rpltyler]

Thanks for quick responses!

Just wanted to add, I want to be able to run any game at full speck without suffering on frame rates, will these all achieve this?

Thanks

 

[JeffyB]

depending on your needs/preference a 6950 or a 480 will serve you well.