Upgrading Geforce 8800GTX , $150 - $250 budget

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Prisdim

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APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: asap
BUDGET RANGE: $150-250
USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming, mainly for SWTOR.
CURRENT GPU AND POWER SUPPLY: NVIDIA Geforce 8800 GTX 750W PSU
OTHER RELEVANT SYSTEM SPECS: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz (2 CPU's), 4096MB RAM Corsair DDR2 1066, MoBo Asus P5N32 SLI Premium.

PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: http://forcom.be/?cat=105&sub=VID
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Belgium
PARTS PREFERENCES: none
OVERCLOCKING: not needed
MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1920x1200
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: This card is a temporary solution to postpone buying a new rig. I simply want to be able to play
SWTOR properly for the coming months/year. I simply don't have the budget for a new rig atm. Please let me know if it is not worth buying a new graphics card or if buying one will have minimal gain with my other hardware.

Could this be a possibility:
Gainward nvidia GTX550Ti 1GB CUDA GOLDEN SAMPLE
url= http://forcom.be/?product=311174
 
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Or GTX460, better than 550ti and less $$. 560 ti is also very good. Do you need a geforce? AMD has 6850,6870, both very good cards.

DM186

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The GTX 560 ti is your best bet if you like the cuda. Now the HD 6950 is about the same as the 560 is but it doesn't have cuda. I prefer Nvidia cards better and I can tell you not to get the GTX 550ti because they are to much money and not enough bang. I have two of them and not happy with them. I hope this helps a little?
 
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