Going for a new graphics card. (£200)

[thisguy123]

So I've had this Ati Radeon HD 4850 for some time now and it's starting to get a little dated. I was hoping to upgrade it to something with a little more oomf.

Including that by current rig also includes

-an Intel i7 920 processor
-15GB of ddr3 RAM (three 1GB tri channel blocks and three 4 GB tri channel blocks.)
-A Gigabyte ex58-Extreme motherboard
-a full 1080p HD TV serving as a monitor
-a smaller 1024x1280 secondary monitor

A selection of games I play frequently (if that helps)

-Dota 2
-Natural Selection 2
-Dorderlands 2
-Planetside 2 (seeing a pattern here?)
-Guild wars 2

What has snagged my attention somewhat is the Geforce GTX 660 which seems to be within the right price range (plus if I buy it from eBuyer or SCAN or a few othe places I get free crap for planetside 2)

However having used MOSTLY AMD/ATI as part of my rig (the timing was that ati had a newer crd out roughly the same time I went for an upgrade... it was just co-incidence) comaring the two is rather difficult.

So I ask your opinions on the subject, is nVida the way to go? Is there a better card out there? Should I wait for the launch of ultracard number letter extreme edition? Any other parts of my computer I should consider upgrading?

Thanks in advance.
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[Fisker]

If you are willing to spend a bit more, you could could go for the [url=http://www.ebuyer.com/394617-geforce-gtx-660ti-2gb-gddr5-gf660igtx2gepb]660 Ti[/url].

[url=http://www.guru3d.com/miraserver/images/2012/gtx-660-gbt-oc/Untitled-29.png]A benchmark that shows performance difference.[/url]

[maxofsteam]

[url]http://www.amazon.co.uk/Asus-7870-Radeon-DirectCU-Graphics/dp/B008A1C252/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1365853728&sr=8-1&keywords=ati+7870[/url]

if you can go 40 quid or more over your budget get an 7950

[thisguy123]

I think I might go for the 660 Ti, seems about the right sort of thing I want.

[GeekOfWires]

EVGA Geforce GTX 660 SuperClocked / SuperClocked Sig. 2 if your looking for something better than 660 but cheaper than 660 TI

[Fat White Lump]

The 7950 is usually slightly cheaper and it performs better in most games. I think you should get it instead of the 660ti.

[Streetser20]

[QUOTE=GeEkOfWiReS;40270673]EVGA Geforce GTX 660 SuperClocked / SuperClocked Sig. 2 if your looking for something better than 660 but cheaper than 660 TI[/QUOTE]

I've got the Nvidea EVGA Geforce GTX 660 SC, card plays maxed out FarCry3 ok.
Although mine does reach temps of 78C tops (But I could improve the cooling in my rig).