Best Graphics Card

[wiki258]

Hello,
cpu i3 540 @ 3.06gz
Motherboard Intel DH55PJ
Ram 4gb.
I wanna purchase a graphics card with a limited budget of $200.
so which card would you guys recommend me in this price range?
P.S
Only Geforce ..
plus recommended psu.

 

[shrkbay]

what's your current PSU? resolution? GTX 460 is around this budget and is a great card overall if you want nVidia only..

 

[wiki258]

what's your current PSU? resolution? GTX 460 is around this budget and is a great card overall if you want nVidia only..

dude my psu is 500W.
Resolution is 1366 768

 

[shrkbay]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127518

that's a good card and your PSU will handle it fine

 

[wiki258]

which card would be the equal of GTX 460 in ATi series..?

 

[wiki258]

thanks dude...i am surprised at such quick replies...

if you compare GTX 460 to GTS 450 ..where would you rate them on a scale of 10?

 

[shrkbay]

let's say:

GTX 460 1GB not SE 10/10
GTS 450 8-8,5/10

closest to it's performance in AMD is 6790, you can find it for 150$ i guess, but the one i listed is one of the best 460s and it'd beat it hands down, before it came out closest to 460 was 6850, it beats it and cost a bit less, around 170$

 

[shrkbay]

will you OC? what's the exact model of your PSU?

 

[jyjjy]

For your resolution I would just get the GTX 460 768mb. You wont see a notable difference between that card and the 1gb one and the 768mb is notably cheaper.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121390
Anything more powerful is basically pointless unless you plan on upgrading your monitor.

 

[wiki258]

will you OC? what's the exact model of your PSU?

no.
psu model is COOLER MASTER EXTREME POWER 500W RS-500-PCAR-A3

i have also seen GTX 560 ti...how good is this card.? what is your opinion,...?

 

[wiki258]

look dude.whenever i go searching for a card..my mind gets really confused..there are so many cards .mostly with minute differences...i dont know how to chooose a card..plz help me dude...

 

[shrkbay]

yeah jyjjy's right 768MB 460 would be great for your res. you can find it for 150$, 560Ti is probably out of your price range, it's 250$+ and only, which are worth buying *imo* are 270$ and you can get 6950 1GB for 215$, which would perform better than stock 560, but worse than OC, GTX 560 is like 25% better than 460

 

[wiki258]

thank you guys for your support.
guess i should go for GTX 460

God these companies know how to manipulate us...

 

[wiki258]

guys there is one question i forgot...
which brand should i go for GTX460..? i like eVGA

 

[shrkbay]

EVGA is good, but they usually make cards with central fans, imo they are quite noisy, i recommend Asus, MSI - they usually make best cards

 

[shrkbay]

if i were you i'd take the one, which is the cheapest, or if there was a small price difference then the one that has highest OC or best cooling

 

[wiki258]

thanks dude

 

[wiki258]

is 6850 better than GTX460.perfoormace wise...plus its cheap too..what do you say.? though i wanna stick with nvidia

 

[ethel]

Stick with the 460

 

[shrkbay]

6850 is better, but for you it won't matter at this resolution and probably it'd be an overkill

 

[wiki258]

thanks

 

[jyjjy]

The Asus card I linked has better cooling than the EVGA one and is cheaper as well so I'd stick with that if you are in the US.