Best graphics card under $200?

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im looking for a grpahics card to play most games on high- max settings- under $200. it has to be able to fit my raidmax 238 wu which is a atx mid tower case!
thanks

Site: Newegg.ca
Budget: $200
Country Canada

my current build:

I5 2500k
Gigabyte z68-a-d3h-b3
Gskill Ripjaws 2x4gb 2133 XMP Ram
OCz Aglity 3 60gb
Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm 1terabyte
Raidmax hybrid 2 730ss psu
Cooler master hyper 212 evo
Raidmax- 238 wu- case

Reply to hnijhar

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Produ [...] 6814102948

------------------------------ AMD Phenom II 955 X4 3.8GHz -- Hyper 212 Plus
6GB DDR2-800 4-4-4-12 -- XFX 6850 OC (850/1050) -- Gigabyte 785G AM2+
NZXT Hades case -- NZXT Hale90 650W PSU
Reply to vilenjan

get a weaker cpu and spend it on a better gpu if you want to max games.

at $200 you are looking at the 6870 which will give you high settings.

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Reply to esrever

Nvidia GTX 550 TI. It will run most games close at high at lower resolutions

My recommendation:
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Produ [...] 6814127573

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Reply to powercroat783

powercroat783 wrote :

Nvidia GTX 550 TI. It will run most games close at high at lower resolutions

My recommendation:
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Produ [...] 6814127573

Reply to internetswag

powercroat783 wrote :

Nvidia GTX 550 TI. It will run most games close at high at lower resolutions

My recommendation:
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Produ [...] 6814127573

no x2

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Reply to esrever

squeeze 19$ more and get this one
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Produ [...] 6814125401

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Reply to gcatalin

while the 560 ti is a great card, its not even close to 35% better than the 6870 that I linked (the price is about 35% higher on the 560ti). SO if you can afford it and want the power, sure, but the 6870 is a better value.

Message edited by vilenjan on 01-31-2012 at 02:30:42 AM

powercroat783 wrote :

Nvidia GTX 550 TI. It will run most games close at high at lower resolutions

My recommendation:
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Produ [...] 6814127573

no x3 that card wouldn't be good even an gtx 460 is better then that card and hd 6870 is more better then gtx 460 so think it will perform 20% less then hd 6870 so that wouldn't be an good recommendation.

Message edited by sunnk on 01-31-2012 at 02:16:46 PM

Reply to sunnk

hd 6870 or gtx 560 will be good at that price range but in my opinion i will go for an hd 6870 instead of gtx 560 because it performs more better then gtx 560 in many things.hd 6870 will be the best choice for performance and price.

Reply to sunnk

gcatalin wrote :

squeeze 19$ more and get this one
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Produ [...] 6814125401

+1

In Battlefield 3, the 560Ti performs close to the 6950:

Reply to LtnCharles

Yes if you keep adding money you can get better and better. I still hold that a 6870 is the best value for his dollar. If you can wait a 2 months or so you can buy a new 7850 for $200, which should be terrific (a faster 6950 that uses half the power).

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vilenjan wrote :

An even better idea!

Reply to LtnCharles

esrever wrote :

no x2

I would take a better cpu over a more expensive card in this situation.

6870 or gtx460/560

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Reply to nforce4max

nforce4max wrote :

I would take a better cpu over a more expensive card in this situation.

6870 or gtx460/560

as long as you aren't dropping to the 550 ti which is a huge drop in performance for very little money gain.

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Reply to esrever

PNY RVCGGTX560TXXB-OC GeForce GTX 560 Ti (Fermi) 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
$179.99
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Produ [...] 6814133417

It's a refurbished card but it is a 560Ti for under $200 and according to this graphics chart the 560Ti is on the same level as the 6950 and is one level up from the 6870 and two levels up from the 6850.

http://www.tomshardware.com/review [...] 107-7.html

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