What graphics card should I upgrade too?

[anarchybmc]

Hi all, I am looking for some advice as too which graphics card I should upgrade my sons pc too? I did ask last year for a xmas present but unfortunately money did not allow us to do it for him! I have £250 to spend on one and I think I may need to upgrade the power supply too as it's currently a 550w. Here is what he has at the mo:-

VTX3D HD 7870 black boost edition 2048mb GDDR5 PCI EXPRESS graphics card
Gigabyte Z68AP D3 intel z68 socket 1155 DDR3 motherboard
Intel core i5

It does run games ok but he is finding the newer games are struggling slightly, he plays things like battlefield 1, GTA, those are a couple I definitely know of although he does play loads!

Any help would be gratefully received thank you

 

[anarchybmc]

Thank you for your replies! The psu is a thermaltake smart se 530w bronze (thought it was a 550w sorry) so that would handle a newer card ok then? @Bantu @D1craig which one? There seem to be a few with that number or does it not matter? @karik666 thank you for the links, I definitely would like to get him a card that would be faster for him I just thought that £250 seems to be the norm for a decent card until you replied

 

[anarchybmc]

Thanks guys! I guess it's between the 470 or 480 then I dunno wether to go cheaper with the 470 and get him other things or just future proof with the 480?!? I hate making these decisions!