Best graphics card suitable for me? NEED HELP!

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Hey Guys
I want to upgrade my PC graphics cards, so I can play next gen games on high. I not sure what to upgrade to, can you guys help me out and pick the best graphics card for me (any price).

My current PC specs:
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Thanks Guys!
 
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Without upgrading the power supply nVidia 750 Ti is the best you can run, may not be good enough to run on high settings.

If you want to play new high spec games and those coming out in the next few years you should upgrade to a 450-500 watt PSU and a Radeon R9-270X or a R9 280 for ability to run with higher settings.
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Without upgrading the power supply nVidia 750 Ti is the best you can run, may not be good enough to run on high settings.

If you want to play new high spec games and those coming out in the next few years you should upgrade to a 450-500 watt PSU and a Radeon R9-270X or a R9 280 for ability to run with higher settings.
 
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with the current power supply prob nothing. Also is the videio card half height or not the one in the picture is so Im not sure. You will for sure need a new power supply 500 550 watt then you can put whatever you can afford in there. 760 or so would prob do good higher than this you will prob net see allot of difference the rest of your system will hold you back 660ti another option

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Thank for helping me out, I was wondering if you can give me a part list of a new PC that will run next gen games on high or ultra, The budget is £400 - £500 . Try use amazon when doing it, its usually the cheapest

 
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Not really enough of a budget for a complete system. i5-650 is still pretty good. You would get a lot more bang for your buck by replacing the case, power supply and graphics cards and keeping the rest of it intact.

Here is from scratch:

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/GvsRqs
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/GvsRqs/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£139.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty H97 Killer ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£55.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£77.95 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£42.31 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Palit GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB StormX OC Video Card (£92.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Thermaltake Versa H22 ATX Mid Tower Case (£38.88 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£35.82 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/RSBS DVD/CD Writer (£14.99 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£83.17 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £582.09
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-30 20:05 GMT+0000

Here is what I recommend:

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/jpVrwP
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/jpVrwP/by_merchant/

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (£280.95 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£44.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX XTR 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£75.78 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £401.72
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-30 20:08 GMT+0000
 
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For your budget you will end up with just about the exact same system you have now. Aside from the video card the specs are fine.

Just upgrade the PSU and get a better video card, if you have issues, you can then look at a full new system. Will be about 250 for the power supply and video card for decent settings at HD resolutions. Seasonic, Antec, Rosewill, FSP, XFX are good brands to stick with for the power supply and the R9 280 will be great and should do well with your i5 and 6GB of RAM.
 
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