Best Graphics Card for this system?

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Hello again, Computer Forum.

My specs are as follows:

Operating System
MS Windows 7 64-bit
CPU
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.40GHz
Kentsfield 65nm Technology
RAM
6.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 533MHz (8-9-9-25) (Two 2GB and two 1GB sticks.)
Motherboard
ASUSTeK Computer INC. P5E3 Deluxe (LGA775)
Graphics
NS-L322Q-10A (1920x1080@60Hz)
ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 (ATI)
CrossFire Disabled


Hard Drives
488GB Western Digital WDC WD5000AAJS-22TKA0 ATA Device (SATA)
977GB Western Digital WDC WD10EACS-00D6B1 ATA Device (SATA)
977GB Western Digital WDC WD10EACS-00D6B1 ATA Device (SATA)
977GB Western Digital WDC WD10EACS-00D6B0 ATA Device (SATA)
977GB Western Digital WDC WD10EACS-00ZJB0 ATA Device (SATA)

Optical Drives
HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-H10L ATA Device
Audio
SoundMAX Integrated Digital HD Audio

Power Supply: 1000W


I will be buying the following upgrades from Newegg:

2x http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231428

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131791

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072


What graphics card would you recommend for a $300 budget? :D:D
 
i would spend less on the mobo and use the savings to get a gtx570. really after 200 dollars i don't see any benefits worth the price compared to a good one for like 180, and especially if you don't plan to upgrade cpus i think it is a little wasteful to spend more on the mobo than on the cpu.
 
Wow, thanks guys. I am playing with the number right now. I would like the video card and CPU to be comparable and not "bottle neck" one another. Heh. :3
 
wolfeking said:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128502
has all the major features of the asus you were looking at, but $140 cheaper. The only major difference is no PCIe 3.0 slots, but there is currently nothing that needs that kinda bandwidth.

that would raise your GPU budget to 440, which could net you a 570 for sure. You could probably net a 580 if you trimmed somewhere else in the budget.
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Aside from this being micro ATX, is there anything not as good about it?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128523

I want something that can support raids, also... as I currently have a 4TB raid to show as one hard drive. (Video editing)
 
a 2500K will be bottlenecked by anything you throw at it. Processors are always a far bit ahead of Graphics.
At any rate, you will get the best performance from a 3GB GTX580 or 4GB HD6990. Those are some of the top performing cards on the planet currently.
 
It has a South bridge controlled X4 secondary PCIe x16 slot. X8 is as low as you should go for a dual card setup. Most X4 southbridge controlled slots are bottlenecks to GPU performance. Cards currently run at about X9 bandwidth, so x8 doesn't really affect it.
 
wolfeking said:
a 2500K will be bottlenecked by anything you throw at it. Processors are always a far bit ahead of Graphics.
At any rate, you will get the best performance from a 3GB GTX580 or 4GB HD6990. Those are some of the top performing cards on the planet currently.
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I've always used ATI, but also always had trouble with their drivers. I've heard Nvidia has better support, so I am going to go with them this time around.
 
I personally have used both, and I would say Nvidia wins hands down. Nothing but trouble out of AMD with drivers on laptops.
Also got a fair bit better performance with Nvidia.
 
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