Need help choosing a graphics card

[nebicanezer]

APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: next week
BUDGET RANGE: $400-$450 USD
USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Primarily gaming, want all the eye candy from SWTOR, Skyrim, multiple fps's
CURRENT GPU AND POWER SUPPLY: Corsair Professional HX750
OTHER RELEVANT SYSTEM SPECS: i5-2500k @ 4.5ghz, 16gb corsair vengeance ram, p8z68-v pro/gen3, gtx 285
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: newegg or amazon
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: united states
PARTS PREFERENCES: doesn't matter
OVERCLOCKING: maybe
SLI OR CROSSFIRE: maybe
MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1920x1200

Current graphics cards I'm looking at are the following

MSI R6970 Lightning Radeon HD 6970 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card

MSI N570GTX Twin Frozr III PE/OC GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi) 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

or spend the extra money and go for a 7970

 

[sosofm]

Wait for 7950 , it will be on the market in 31 Ianuary if im not wrong.
Or if you want the top product buy 7970.

 

[esrever]

7950 will be within your budget and should be good performance judging from the 7970.

 

[nebicanezer]

Best answer selected by nebicanezer.

 

[Mousemonkey]

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