I have decided on a GTX 480. I need help choosing the right one

...is there a GTX480 for casual gaming???

I need advice on the best one

asus, gigabyte, evga, or MSI. all very good companies. the difference between them in FPS is minimal in real world gaming. get the one you like the best.

evga will still honor your warranty if you brick it while overclocking it. go with them

The Zotac AMP! Edition has a nice cooler on it, but it costs more.

It has a triple slot cooler so it might be hard to sli if ever wanted to.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

if i were you i would stay away from an internally vented gtx 480. way way way too much heat to put in your case if your air cooling your cpu, overclocking, or unless you have an amazing good air flowing case, and even then your pushing it in my opinion.

If you live in Europe, get the KFA2 GTX480 LTD OC Anarchy that comes with the Arctic Cooling Acelero Extreme Plus cooler:
http://www.guru3d.com/article/kfa2-geforce-gtx-480-ltd-...

Anywhere else, get the MSI GTX480 Twin Frozr II:
http://www.guru3d.com/news/msi-launches-n480gtx-twin-fr...

I also hear that Gigabyte is releasing a GTX480 version of it's Superoverclock series.