Best $300-330 graphics card

[pcxgame88]

hi all

k first i store bought my pc i KNOW, i KNOW why put a $300-330 graphics card on a store bought pc,i did this b/c im only going to be playing a few games on it,its going to be WOW, Black Ops, BF3 and like 2 othere games thats it so now that i got that out of the way here is the spec its a HP Pavilion p6531p, AMD Athlon II X4 635 2.9 GHz, memory 6GB DDR3, Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit, Motherboard H-RS880-uATX (Aloe) Chipset: AMD 785G, it came with a 250W power supply but i took it out and put in a Thermaltake TR2 W0388RU 600W ATX. I have now a ATI RADEON HD 5750 1GB GDDR5 in it but after 4 months the card is dieing out so if anyone can plz help me out and tell me some "GOOD" $300-330 graphics card and if u can i'll like it to be Nvidia never had a Nvidia card so i'll like to try one but any will do as long as they r good.Oh only last thing that got me a bit worried is that Computer Case is a Mid-size ATX dont know if thats bad or not but any help will be greatly appreciated. thx u all

 

[beltzy]

Since you have a storebought the Mobo almost surely is not SLI capable so you're confined to single card. The GTX 570 is what you're looking for. It's the only NVidia card in that price range. Just make sure to measure how much clearance you have in your case and take a look at the specs/dimensions of the particular card you end up considering (especially if it's a non-reference design).

There are some pretty good deals around right now and the GTX 570 is a pretty fantastic card.

If you are open to considering the competition, the HD 6970 2GB is the competitor to the GTX 570. You can find reviews of both cards here are Toms Hardware and on many other review sites (guru3d.com, anandtech.com, legitreviews.com, etc). Both very solid products, but if you prefer to stick with NVidia here there's nothing wrong with that.

 

[chesteracorgi]

The GTX 570 is that you targeted, it is the best Nvidia 500 series at the $300-$350 price range. But I'd also look at the GTX 480 series and especially this model:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814500166
The Zotac GTX 480 is a reference GTX 480 factory modded with the Zalman cooler. Essentially it is the same mod as I have done with my GTX 470. It runs cool (about 20-30 C cooler than the reference design) and has the advantage of 364 bit bus width and 1.5 GB memory (vs. 320 bit bus width and 1.28 GB vid. RAM).

The GTX 570 is a fantastic card, but the GTX 480 is its match and more bang for the buck.


Other cards I would suggest:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127526
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125384
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127564
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814500200

They are all good.

 

[mdd1963]

The 6950 offers gaming framerates quite competitive with/virtually tied with the GTX570, and is only about $230-ish at Newegg....

 

[chesteracorgi]

The 6950 is a nice card, but it depends on the game whether it is competiive with the GTX 570 or GTX 480 in fps.

 

[pcxgame88]

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