Video Card upgrade question

[jpk]

I'm currently running two EVGA GTX 260's w/ 216 cores, superclocked and running SLi. Looking at the newer cards out there since I don't follow the latest and greatest all the time. Question is should I be looking at upgrading to a newer VC? I don't need SLi if a single card will be better than what I have now. Looking in the $200-$250 range. I'm a casual gamer with CoD, Chrysis, etc.. Any opinions?

 

[cusideabelincoln]

There isn't much of an upgrade, in terms of performance, from what you currently have.

In that price range you are mainly looking at a "features" upgrade. You will gain DX11 support with newer cards, and you can lower power consumption and heat with a newer card (or cards). And in some cases you could see a performance boost, but overall it would be marginal. Since you claim to be casual, from a strictly performance aspect I don't see anything being worthwhile. If you're looking to lower power consumption, lower heat, and run DX11, then you do have options: GTX 460 (overclocked variants), HD 6870, GTX 560 Ti, HD 5870, HD 6950. You can't really go wrong with any of these cards, so long as you don't expect a (decent) performance boost.

 

[jpk]

Thanks for the info. I'll keep the 260's a while longer then.