Advise on graphics card upgrade

[The_Wounded]

It's time to upgrade my old graphics card but I can't decide what new one to buy.

My current system:

Intel Pentium Dual-Core E6300 (2,8Ghz)
4GB Corsair Twinx Memory
MSI N9600GT 512MB

Games I play the most at the moment are:

Battlefield Bad Company 2
EVE Online
Mass Effect 2
Sacred 2
UT 3

I have been looking at replacing it with the following cards:

Nvidia GTX260
Nvidia GTX275
Ati Radeon 5770
Ati Radeon 5830

I just wonder if putting something like the 5830 or GTX275 has any use or will the games be bottlenecked by the CPU.

 

[Maziar]

What resolution do you play at ?
Between them,HD 5830 performs the best

 

[The_Wounded]

I'm playing games at 1680x1050 on a 22" widescreen lcd monitor (Acer P221W)

 

[shadow187]

An HD5770 will work fine at 1680x1050. I wouldn't trust an HD5850 to an E6300 unless you can OC it a bit.

 

[shubham1401]

+1 for HD5770.

 

[Maziar]

For that resolution,a HD 5770 suffices and can play games well

 

[rolli59]

1 more vote for HD5770

 

[The_Wounded]

I take it it would have to be the 1gb edition

 

[rolli59]

Yes that would be recommended for your resolution, it will help with AA and AF.

 

[Maziar]

1GB vs 512MB won't make a noticeable difference but if the price difference isn't much go for 1GB