I need to get a new video card...any idea's on which one I should get?  have around 250 to spend..well the amount I think i can hide from the wife...lol

It depend a little of the rest of ur rig.
Give us some info about it^^.


Sabo.

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CPU: Intel Core i7 960  @ 3.20Gz
Motherboard: ASUS Rampage Gene lll
GPU: Asus 6950 2Gb
RAM: 6Gb
HD: Corsair F-120Gb SSD+ WD 1Tb Black.
OS: Windows 7 64 bits
Case: HAF-X Big tower.

OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name MY-MAIN
System Manufacturer MSI
System Model MS-7522
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 6 Model 26 Stepping 4 GenuineIntel ~2673 Mhz
Processor x86 Family 6 Model 26 Stepping 4 GenuineIntel ~2673 Mhz
Processor x86 Family 6 Model 26 Stepping 4 GenuineIntel ~2673 Mhz
Processor x86 Family 6 Model 26 Stepping 4 GenuineIntel ~2673 Mhz
Processor x86 Family 6 Model 26 Stepping 4 GenuineIntel ~2673 Mhz
Processor x86 Family 6 Model 26 Stepping 4 GenuineIntel ~2673 Mhz
Processor x86 Family 6 Model 26 Stepping 4 GenuineIntel ~2673 Mhz
Processor x86 Family 6 Model 26 Stepping 4 GenuineIntel ~2673 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. V3.0, 12/4/2008
SMBIOS Version 2.5
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
User Name MY-MAIN\b
Time Zone Eastern Standard Time
Total Physical Memory 6,148.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 1.90 GB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 4.34 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys


intel   I7, 920 @ 2.67

right now i have Nvidia GeForce  8800 GT

At that price range you can get the ATI 6950 or the Nvidia 560TI. If you are running an AMD chip/board I would prob go with ATI and if you are running an Intel chip/board then prob Nvidia is the way to go. Your choice. Hope this helps.

Tracer

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since you have an i7 i would recommend the 560TI

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007709%20600030348%20600094002%20600107147&IsNodeId=1&name=GeForce%20GTX%20560%20Ti%20%28Fermi%29
 
Intel CPUs play best with NVIDIA as AMD plays well with ATI.

At your price range i dont think you can get the 2 gig card, but it will still be plenty powerful with the 1 gig.