Which gfx card should I get?

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#1 Hitman533
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Which video card should I get?

A 280 GTX, 260 GTX or a 4870 HD?

I have around 300$ to spend and I only have a 550w psu would that be enough for any of these cards?

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#2 lundy86_4
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What is the make of the psu? What resolution will you be playing at? Also what are the rest of your components?
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well that knocks the gtx 280 out, it take smore power than the others and the only ones i found were all over $300

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#4 Hitman533
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E8400 3.0, 2gigs RAM and a 22 inch monitor, I could easily spend 350$.
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E8400 3.0, 2gigs RAM and a 22 inch monitor, I could easily spend 350$.Hitman533

Again, what is the name of your 550W PSU?

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#6 lundy86_4
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Based off your information I would go with GTX260 core 216 or the HD48701gb... Both are fairly equal, and surpass each other in various tests. Both are also very capable cards
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#7 Hitman533
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I guess I will go with the GTX260. Thanks
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[QUOTE="Hitman533"]E8400 3.0, 2gigs RAM and a 22 inch monitor, I could easily spend 350$.kaitanuvax

Again, what is the name of your 550W PSU?

the only 550Watts i know of are safe power, zalman, and antec but hey culd be sumthing lame like HP XD.