[PC] Graphics Card

[PepperNY]

Ok, So I have been out of the gaming market on PC since Madden last released back in 2007. I did however just build a new system about a year ago with an i5, 8 gigs of ram, a 1 TB HD but I went cheap on the video card and went with a Nvidia GT 240 which I found out last night is not going to work for BF3. Ive been playing Max Payne 3 on my macbook pro but not sure it will run bf3 so my question for you PC guys is what is a good video card thats not going to be outdated in the next 2 months. I'm not wanting to spend more then $200 on one and what specs should I be looking at.

Thanks guys

[jms493]

Nvidia 660ti

[PepperNY]

Nvidia 660ti

Is there a particular brand I should stay away from? I found this on amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-SUPERCLOCKED-Graphics-02G-P4-2662-KR/dp/B00966IREK/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

[MrBill]

The 660 is a good chipset. Since you are looking at the cards below the $200 range, I would recommend this one also since it is $149 after rebate-

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121446

I'm a Radeon fan so this is the card that I went with in my new rig a few months ago-

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202006

[PepperNY]

So I decided to wait on the video card as I have more money to put into a card so I could make sure I got a good one. Ive always gone with Nvidia but Ive been hearing about the AMD cards and have been looking at the following 2 cards:

XFX Double D FX-795A-TDFC Radeon HD 7950 3GB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150588

and

MSI N660Ti PE 2GD5/OC GeForce GTX 660 Ti 2GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127696

As mentioned in an earlier post I havent purchased a video card for gaming in about 10 years so I am not sure if 1 has an advantage over the other when it comes to nvidia vs amd.