Which gpu should i go for?

[elpinguinopy]

Hello... I want to improve my gaming experience and want to know which of these cards will better suit my setup:

HD 4870
HD 4890
HD 5770
HD 5830
9800 GX2
GTX 260
GTX 275

i listed this ones because according to the hierarchy chart they have a similar performance and price.. here are my specs:

Asus P5K-SE
Core 2 Duo E6600 @ 2.4GHz (stock)
3gb RAM
HD 3850 512 Mb
460w psu (some crap brand)
Windows Xp 32-bit

 

[Niklas_13]

Whats your rez on your monitor ? I would also replace that PSU before i pay good money for a new GPU

 

[elpinguinopy]

damn i knew i forgot something.... im currently gaming at 1680*1050 so 512Mb and up should be enough.. right?

 

[Niklas_13]

@ that rez I would go for a HD5770 for good FPS or HD 5850 for grate FPS

 

[elpinguinopy]

you sure my current setup wont bottleneck the 5850?.. sorry to be troubling, but im just a noob at this

 

[shadow187]

If you're not overclocking, don't put more than an HD5770 in there.

If you're willing to get it to 3ghz, go for an HD5850 or an HD5830.

 

[Niklas_13]

That E6600 is still a ok CPU

Would the HD 5850 bottle neck the CPU maybe a little, but you will still get grate improvement from it over your current GPU and it would fit nicely into a new system down the road.

You could OC that cpu to 3 gigs easy to avoid any bottle neck

 

[JackNaylorPE]

The 5770 is fine for 1650 x 1050 in DX11 .... 1920 x 1200 on DX9/10