Video Card suggestion for 3 monitors

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Hi all,

I don't know a lot about PCs in general and the more I research graphic cards the more it seems I don't even really know what I'm after. I'd love to hear some advice from any of you brilliant folks based on my needs! First, my current PC:

ACPI x64-based PC
Intel Core i7 X980 @ 3.33GHz
2x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
3x monitors: 2x 24", 1x 22" (all Dell "Ultrasharp" DVI)
Windows 7 64bit

Now, what I'm looking for:
- A better graphics card (or cards) for modern games at 1920x1200... specifically, Battlefield 3 runs kinda choppy even on low settings
- I need this to work well with 3 monitors
- I need this to work well with graphic design tools, like Photoshop, Illustrator, etc... my understanding is that the video card isn't going to have much effect with these programs
- My budget is probably around $500... I'd love if I could spend less, of course, and still see big gains above the GTX 260s.

Thanks for any thoughts!
-Aaron
 
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rolli59
The 760's is a massive upgrade over the 260's and 2 of them in SLI will beat a single GTX780 which is more expensive. Two times 770 will blow your budget of $500.
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Thanks for the replies!

Somehow I could have sworn I was looking at 760ish cards for like $500 a pop... must have been something else... maybe the GTX 780? It's amazing 770 to 780 has such a big price jump, is it really that much better?



Woops, that was a typo, it's actually 3.3GHz... that was dumb of me. :) It's not overclocked. Does that change what sort of video card I should look at?
 
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Thanks, those GTX 760s look great!

Now my next dumb question... what's with all the brands for what seems to be the same card? Back in the day I only remember cards being a few major brands like NVIDIA and Radeon... but now it seems like there are a zillion brands I've never heard of that repackage the same NVIDIA or Radeon card? What's the difference between these? Cosmetic or something more significant?
 
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That list is based on 60fps it is more interesting to actually look at the benchmark numbers since over 90% of gamers will be happy going past 30fps.
 
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Oh, here's another question... say I wanted to get just one GTX 760 and maybe get the second one later... my understanding is that I couldn't use the GTX 260s at the same time even if I had slots, they have to be the same cards? And if I went from 2x GTX 260s to 1 GTX 760 would I be able to use 3 monitors and see any better performance?
 
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Nvidia and AMD make the chips (GPU), their partners (all the misc brand names) make the cards. My guess is that a single GTX760 is about 150% the performance of 2 x GTX260 in SLI.
 
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