Best 250$ video card

[w1z4d]

Hello everyone, I'm planning on upgrading my pc and I have a budget of 250 for a graphics card, what is the best one I can get for my money?, I was thinking a gtx 480, but I wouldn't be able to upgrade from that due to power costs, radeon and geforce are both fine, but I prefer cards with good warranties, like EVGA and XFX. My power supply is a corsair 600W, thanks again

 

[loops]

7850 for 250
480 at 200
560ti 180

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[andrewcarr]

The 7850 would be the best for that price.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102986

 

[w1z4d]

The 7850 would be the best for that price.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102986

I heard that the 7850 had some problems with it, how would it compare to a 6950?

 

[oddlyinsane]

Definitely the 7850. Performs between the 560 Ti and 570 on stock, but when over clocked, it performs very close to 7950. Cool, low power consumption.

From Amazon: ASUS 7850 DCII $250 or the Sapphire 7850 $260.
Asus comes with 3 year warranty, 2 years for the latter. Sapphire has better cooler. Your choice.

Regards,

 

[w1z4d]

ok, its the 7850 then, would it be worthwhile to wait for the rest of the Keplers to come out and possibly lower the prices , maybe lowering the 7870's price?

 

[andrewcarr]

I doubt the 7870 will $100 lower any time soon, I'd only expect about $50 (at most) lower in a year.

 

[oddlyinsane]

If the prices WERE lowered, i doubt it will be by much. Plus, the Kepler variant of the 7850 is still a few months away. Also, the performance difference will not be much (wait, don't quote me on that, just IMO), especially since the 7850 is such a great over clocker.

Regards,

 

[w1z4d]

Best answer selected by w1z4d.

 

[oddlyinsane]

Edit: Andrewcarr beat me to it

 

[w1z4d]

Edit: Andrewcarr beat me to it

He did, but I based it upon who gave me what reasons there were to get it

 

[Mousemonkey]

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