Need to Replace my EvGa Nvidia Feforce GTX 285 1 G

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This old card has been great, rather these two cards as they run in SLI. However they are starting to dog down and I have my doubts if both cards even work because SLI no longer boost performance. At any rate I would like to upgrade to a Single Card. Need some Suggestions.

Would like to stay around $200.00 dollars.. Open to suggestions if Processor or Mother Board will bottleneck

ASUS P6T Deluxe I7 X 58 MB v2
Intel Core I7 940 2.93Gz
12 GB Ram
1200 watt PS

Running Vista 64 at the moment
 
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I'm going to recommend this one:

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-video-card-02gp42963kr

Note that there's a big price/performance gap between this and the next step up, a GTX 970 (~$325.) I don't think you'll bottleneck, but I could be wrong. In any event, I'd still recommend a whole system upgrade. That OS *really* needs to be upgraded. The only thing you're getting at this point is security patches.
 
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Tks for the reply, and I would agree the Vista needs to go, but my plan was to upgrade card first to give my machine a boost on the arm. Was aiming at bang for the buck. Will Windows 7 really do much for performance? Was hoping to put off MB and processor for 6 months
 
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In short, yes, you'll see better performance with Win7 than Vista. Tom's did a whole article on it here:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/windows-7-performance,2476.html

There's nothing wrong with getting the 960 now and waiting a bit to upgrade the rest of your system. Your old CPU might slow it down some for the present, but when you upgrade the rest of your rig it'll perform at full power. If you're concerned about bottlenecking try asking in the CPU forum.
 
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