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Hey,
I'm looking to upgrade my 8500GT. I need to keep it around $80. I mainly play CoH and CivIV. Right now I'm looking at HD 5670 or GT 240 DDR5. I have a 400W PSU and a cramped microATX board, so I'd prefer to keep it slim with no extra juice required. Specs:

Rosewill 400W PSU
E6400
3GB RAM
ASUS P5L-VM 1394 Mobo
22" Acer 1680x1050 max

I'm liking the EVGA GT 240 because it's single slot and I can get it for $39.99 AR at Micro Center. Let me know what you think.

Maybe 4670, 5570, or GT 220 would suffice?

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Well the cards are roughly listed this way weakest to strongest: GT 220, 5570, 4670, GT 240, 5670.

Honestly that GT 240 is probably your best bet for cost/performance. Otherwise I would grab a 5670, but the performance difference between them isn't that great.
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Well the cards are roughly listed this way weakest to strongest: GT 220, 5570, 4670, GT 240, 5670.

Honestly that GT 240 is probably your best bet for cost/performance. Otherwise I would grab a 5670, but the performance difference between them isn't that great.
 
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GT240 is a nice jump, and a good price.
Sticking with Nvidia means you just pop in the new card because the drivers are the same. No need to clean out and replace drivers.
EVGA is good, because they have a 90 day step up program where you can turn in your card for a better card within 90 day.
 
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yea of those you listed 240, but a 5670 can be had for under 80 bucks and beats a 240 as loneninja noted

tom's also put best card for 80 bucks as the 5670

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-hd-6950-1gb-geforce-gtx-560-ti-gaming-graphics-card,2857-2.html

to the person who thinks you can drop one series into another thats wrong, i upraded a 8500gt to a 450 and whiel yes there were no glitches i ended up getting smoother gameplay after wiping drivers useing drivesweeper and doing a reinstall from scratch (was performing slightly under my expectations, after the drive sweep i was very happy)
 
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Ok, I see what you are saying about the 4850, but it's double slot and requires a 6-pin connection (which I have, but with a 400W PSU, I'm afraid I'd be pushing it) and I really don't want to buy another PSU right now.

I think for the price and size, and from the advice from you fine people, I'm going to go with the GT 240.

g00fysmiley, thanks for the heads up on the drivers.
 
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Take a gander at THG homa page next time ya log in

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-hd-6950-1gb-geforce-gtx-560-ti-gaming-graphics-card,2857.html

this is your category
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-hd-6950-1gb-geforce-gtx-560-ti-gaming-graphics-card,2857-2.html

Tho for just $10 ya could take a huge step up to a GTS 450
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&IsNodeId=1&Description=GTS%20450&bop=And&Order=PRICE&PageSize=20


 
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I agree ..... always remove drivers when changing hardware. Let it detect the hardware during the install and install accordingly.
 
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