Upgrading GTX 260, up to $300 budget

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gren238

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I am looking to upgrade ASAP

The only reason I am looking to upgrade it to play GuildWars2 at 60 FPS at 1920x1200 on high settings (doesn't need to be fully maxed but most settings near it.)

I usually shop at newegg.

I prefer Nvidia but I would be fine with an AMD card if the price is lower and will play the game like I need it.

I might overclock if it would be needed. I have no problem doing it but I don't run SLI.

Current GPU: EVGA 896-P3-1257-AR GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Superclocked Edition
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130433

Power Supply: CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V v2.2
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139006

CPU: Core i7-920 Bloomfield 2.66GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor BX80601920
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115202

Motherboard: EVGA E758-A1 LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188039

RAM: OCZ Gold 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227365

Also I was wondering if I should worry about my older CPU bottle-necking a new graphics card or not. Really don't want to need to upgrade anything else since it still runs great and does everything I need it to do.

Thanks for any help.
 
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If you prefer Nvidia, the 660-Ti is your best bet. It's right at $300: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130809

As for the CPU: crank the clocks up to about 3.2GHz and you should be fine.
 
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gren238

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Thanks for the recommendations. Does anyone think any of the lower range cards would be able to do what I need for Guildwars2? I don't want to go to my max if I don't need to.

I will definitely keep the 7950 in mind, I wasn't even looking at it before but from all the stuff I have read it looks like it will be viable for a lot longer than the GTX 660ti.
 
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102983

would still max it
 
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any of the cards listed would be a good upgrade. for that res and decent settings get at least 2gigs of vram on whatever you get. No need to over clock as suggested. I have 3 260's and what's holding you back is lack of vram. they were terrible in Crysis and fail miserably in newer games.
 
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