Recommend a video card ~$150-170 for gaming

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Nothing too serious. Just need a better video card for my computer. I just want to be able to run Rift and Battlefield 3 at 1920x1080 at medium to high settings and get decent fps. I'm at work on my iPad so I don't have access to my PC at the moment and I can't remember the exact model of my processor just that when I bought it it was a middle of the line Core i5. I've got 4gb of ram (will prolly buy 8gb when I buy the card anyway) and my power supply should be able to handle a card in this price range. When I get home I can post exactly which processor I have.
 
I would say the 6870 cause its an ATi but it doesn't really matter what brand you go for.
 
Need specs for that.

GPU pipelines.
RAM bits
Shader Clocks
GPU Clocks
RAM clock
Cuda/AMD App Cores
 
Well, actually, you need to look at the games that the OP is likely to use the most and base the graphics card company on that. It is quite well known that quite a few games work really well with one company's card, but when you run the other company's card, its not as impressive (due to drivers issues and slight differences between the two, apparently)
 
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Well, actually, you need to look at the games that the OP is likely to use the most and base the graphics card company on that. It is quite well known that quite a few games work really well with one company's card, but when you run the other company's card, its not as impressive (due to drivers issues and slight differences between the two, apparently)
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Like AMD and Rift.
 
I got a 570 and run BF3 on max (at least that's what it tells me, no problem)
If too expensice 560
 
NissanSkylineN1
6870 ot a GTX 570.
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A GTX 570 is a little above his price range, it's double his budget :lol:

I agree with Sharky, a GTX 560 or a Radeon HD 6870 should fit in your price range nicely. I have a 6850 and i'm pretty confident I would have to lower the settings to play BF3, so get a 6870/560 or above.

If you're willing to pay slightly more you could get a GTX 560 Ti or a Radeon HD 6950, which should be able to run Battlefield on high comfortably.
 
Don't overlook used cards. EVGA has a lifetime warrenty, and MSI has a 3 year one based on the serial number on the card. I would look at maybe getting a used MSI 570. Even if someone bought it the day it released you would still have 2 years left on the warrenty. You can find them for around 200$ for used ones. Don't count out a used 560ti either. You could get them for around 150 or less. You could also go on newegg and just keep checking for their open box items. You can get 350$ cards on there for under 200$. If your not in a big hurry and don't want used, then newegg's open box deals are by far the best deal you can get.

In your price range, the only way you are going to get a card to run BF3 well, and still have a few years before you need a new card, is to buy used, or open box.
 
Well, thanks to my girlfriends credit card I ended up getting a GTX 560 Ti. Woot.

Thanks for all the suggestions guys.

edit: Turns out my power supply has no extra power connectors so I guess another trip to the store is in store tomorrow to pick up a new power supply and might as well pick up a new case to transplant everything into!
 
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