GTX 260 or 285 for new i7 gaming pc?

get a 4890, it's cheaper than the GTX 285 but it is very close performance wise, and equals it when oc'ed.

then with the money you saved, get a bit more cash and wait for the DX11 cards and splash out on one of those.

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I also am building a i7 Gaming Rig for mainly Call of Duty and Warhammer Onl, i have chosen the GTX 285. If i were you i would just look at benchmarks for the games you plan on using. ATI has higher benchmarks for some programs, and Nvidia trumps ATI on some programs. Since the 2 cards are not too terribly off each other in price or quality, just find the benchmarks that show the best results for what you plan on doing with it.

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Easy, split the difference and go with a gtx 275. It doesn't produce much heat, use much power, and when over clocked it's almost on par with a gtx 285. It's a nice card.

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http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-275,226... <--- gtx 275, 260, 285, etc...performance charts

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-sli,229... <--- gtx 275's in SLI performance charts

choosing a radeon over nvidia in terms od graphics card.... isn't most games developers make their games for the nvidia type of graphics card?