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Current: NVIDIA 9800 GTX/GTX+

Looking at 5 possibilities:
EVGA SuperClocked 01G-P3-1563-AR GeForce GTX 560 Ti (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

EVGA 01G-P3-1468-KR GeForce GTX 560 (Fermi) FTW+ 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Superclocked 2048 MB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 2DVI/Mini-HDMI SLI Ready Graphics Card, 02G-P3-1469-KR

EVGA SuperClocked 01G-P3-1461-KR GeForce GTX 560 (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

EVGA 01G-P3-1561-AR GeForce GTX 560 Ti FPB (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

Which would you go with and why?

Lag in the first flashpoint, some videos did not load at the end of it...had to abandon, let my team get a companion for that fight, and then come back to the starship to complete mission...

Well I updated the drivers, we'll see what happens...in the meantime, which one would you go with? The 560 seems like the next price point for using for 4-5 years like my 9800...

My wife's AMD has ATI, I was told once that Intel chipsets were better for NVIDIA, is that no longer the case?

CURRENT GPU AND POWER SUPPLY:
XFX NVIDIA 9800 GTX/GTX+:
Current Power Supply: Antec True Power Trio TP3-650 650W ATX12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready Active PFC Power Supply with Three 12V Rails

OTHER RELEVANT SYSTEM SPECS:
CPU:Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor BX80570E8400

MOBO: GIGABYTE GA-EP45C-DS3R LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard

RAM: 2 x OCZ Platinum 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ2N10662GK (Should I upgrade this?)

OVERCLOCKING: Maybe
SLI OR CROSSFIRE: No

MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1920x1080, 24 inch LCD monitor

SLI OR CROSSFIRE: No

yes you do
(The PCIEx16 and PCIEx8 slots support ATI CrossFireX technology and conform to PCI Express 2.0 standard.)

Yes, I am not using Crossfire or SLI

I have 4 1 GB slots dual channel. not 2.

4 x1 = still 4, yes? I should have 4GB of RAM with 2 sets of 2 dual channel 1 GB sticks...

Quote from: TechnoEthicist on November 29, 2011, 11:17:01 PM

Yes, I am not using Crossfire or SLI

I have 4 1 GB slots dual channel. not 2.

Ok, I misread that.  4GB sounds good.

same.

So, now that we have concluded that I have enough RAM , which card should I be considering? or should I instead wait for the http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/graphics/32769-gigabyte-geforce-gtx-560-ti-448/?page=2 in an interesting model?

I'd just pass on that card altogether for the most part. It doesn't provide many advantages over the GTX 570 and not to mention it's HUGE. There aren't a whole lot of cases that thing will fit in. If your sold on that card though just get a RadeoD 6950 twice the memory almost twice the 4x the processing cores, double the core clock speed and 50 bucks less.