I'm in the process of upgrading my graphics at the moment. I've just acquired a Corsair TX 850W psu and was looking at the GTX 260 (216 core) as with the recent introduction of some newer cards (GTX 275), the GTX 260 has fallen to an attractive price.
My gaming requirements are not extreme and my monitors resolution is only 1680x1050 so the GTX 260 is should be ample. I do however intend to fit one of these as I like cool and quiet:
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Artic-Cooling-Accelero-Xtreme-GTX280-for-nVIDIA-GTX200-series-(260280285) My total budget with the cooler is £200.
I have nothing against ATI and I did think of the 4870 (another bargain in my opinion) but would rather stick with Nvidia at the moment as I'm having no problems with the current drivers.
I have one main concern with my selection of card which refers to 'singing' or 'squeal' from certain GTX 200 series cards. Without sounding too much of a noob, could someone please give me some straightforward information on this please. Any other comments on my choices would be gratefully accepted.