Can you duders recommend a graphics card?

Hey, duders! I am currently building my new PC, and I wanted to see which graphics card everyone was using. Here are some specs:

CPU: i5-3570k

Mobo: Asus Z77 Sabertooth

RAM: 16GB DDR3 1600, 1.5V

Storage: 120GB SSD, 2TB HDD

OS: Windows 7 64-bit

I'm looking at stay around $200, leaning toward NVIDIA, and don't want to SLI. Let the recommendations begin. Thanks in advance, duders.

@Zombienutz: With all that juicy RAM, and a slick SSD, treat your system to a GTX 570 for $264.99 (with rebate). My 570 has treated me very well in a system similar to yours, if you really need to go cheaper, then get a good 560 Ti ($199.99).

@Fattony12000: I'm using the 570 as well, it is pretty great.

Need to get a new motherboard and processor so it can really get going though.

I didn't build my PC, rebuilding one that I had.

Building a new one would have been cheaper >:(

This is what happens when computards try and do things with no guidance :P

I will look into the GTX 570, and the 560 Ti is on my consider list. Thanks for the input @Fattony12000 and @Still_I_Cry

@Fattony12000 said:

@Zombienutz: With all that juicy RAM, and a slick SSD, treat your system to a GTX 570 for $264.99 (with rebate). My 570 has treated me very well in a system similar to yours, if you really need to go cheaper, then get a good 560 Ti ($199.99).

Yup I would recommend this as well. I have been using a 570 for a year now and it still dominates everything I throw at it, I also just picked up another on the cheap and SLI scaling is pretty good with it.

Hey, duders! I am currently building my new PC, and I wanted to see which graphics card everyone was using. Here are some specs:

CPU: i5-3570k

Mobo: Asus Z77 Sabertooth

RAM: 16GB DDR3 1600, 1.5V

Storage: 120GB SSD, 2TB HDD

OS: Windows 7 64-bit

I'm looking at stay around $200, leaning toward NVIDIA, and don't want to SLI. Let the recommendations begin. Thanks in advance, duders.

Honestly, the best $200 card right now is the GTX 480 (at least was, it seems to have been knocked up an additional $40 dollars again.)

Sure it's last gen but it performs better than a 560ti and can handle higher resolution textures because of the additional VRAM. It does use a bit more power and idles significantly hotter, but in some games I've had it top out around the same temperature as my 560ti. You can get by on the stock cooler if you use a custom fan profile that keeps the fan above 70%, as long as you don't mind your computer sounding like a box fan at the highest setting. The sound issue can be remedied with a aftermarket cooler, but that would put it at around 560ti prices.

But I'd only grab one if you're on a super strict budget and don't mind the heat, noise and power draw.

I'm using a GTX 560. Not the TI version.. the regular 560 that was released after the TI i believe. I paid around 180.00 for it not including tax and it's proven to be a very good card for my needs.

And to be honest i think i was cheated on that price.. I think you could probably find it for less than that. Not many places in my area that sell computer parts.

@MonetaryDread: Yeah, I have been reading some of the same stuff. Hopefully know something soon.

Also, thanks for the continued recommendations everyone.

I built a PC for a friend a couple months ago. I decided to put a 560ti in it, turned out to be a good choice. Maybe treat yourself to a 570 though.