A little advice

[GuitarBizarre]

Built a system a little while ago, specs here: http://forums.anandtech.com/me...y=y&keyword1=sorry+all

As you can see, weak link is definitely the graphics card.

I'm intending to change that reasonably soon, but I need some advice.

First of all, I intend to spend the money on this when I get my next paycheck, which is around the end of this month. I don't want to spend overkill huge amounts on the card, but I DO want it to be in keeping with the amount of power the rest of the system has.

My requirements for the card are as follows -

1 - Runs everything on the market right now at 1920x1080 60Hz (I will NEVER need to use a higher res than this, as its my panel native, but I DO want a card that will handle this comfortably for at least a couple years)
2 - Does that at the highest settings if possible. I know I can't expect full AA and AF on everything without going way overboard on things, but some would be nice.
3 - I don't want a multi GPU setup if possible.

I'd appreciate some advice, and if possible, I'd like reccomendations for a couple different levels. I don't mind spending extra if it leads to a vastly more futureproof card.

 

[DaveSimmons]

ATI 4890 for ~$160 (see Hot Deals forum) should offer this for almost all games. That's the reasonable choice unless money is no object.

 

[yh125d]

Definitely 4890. At stock speeds its only 0-5% slower than a GTX285 on average, but it overclocks amazingly, causing it to outperform the GTX. For example, my 4890 with stock cooling and voltage overclocked using ATI's auto-tune OC utility to 990 core 1125 mem, up from 850/975. Plus its $150-200 cheaper depending on the model/rebates.