[HELP] - Question with video card replacement

Budget:
[0-250]

Expectations:
[Internet Surfing,Video watching, Dota 2, Upcoming batman game Arkham Knight]

Hello gents! it's been a while! my rig is due for a slight upgrade i think. When i bought my rig back in July of 2010, I tried to max out what i can vs my budget to "future proof" this. And here we are 4 years later and i "think" my video card is slowly going out on me (random video glitches + 1 blue screen)

So my goal is to ask the esteemed members here what I should replace my current video card with and if there is anything i should add/replace as well (maybe the new video card needs additional ram? etc)



Here is my spec
Case: Cooler Master CM Storm Sniper
Processor: i7930 2.8 ghz (quad core)
Motherboard: EVGA X58 LE Edition SLI (Intel X58 Chipset) (Supports SLI or CrossFire)
6 gb ram DDR 3 1600 MHZ Digigtal Storm certified
1000w Corsair Power supply (Dual/tri/quad SLI compatible)
Vid card : 1x ATI Radeon HD 5870 1 GB
Cooling: Stage 2: Noctua NH-D14 Extreme Performance
Overclocked to between 3.3 to 3.90
500 gb western digital regular hard drive
OCZ SSD Vertex 3 VTX3-25SAT3-120G 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC (self add)
blue ray + dvd player , nothing extraordinary.
win 7 home 64 bit


I don't think I am set up or need a dual video card set up, so i think a single card would do me just fine. I am afraid if i get too "current" or hi-end cards my other parts can't support. So i was thinking of just mid end. First card that came to mind was a GTX 670.

But should I just stick with AMD since i had an AMD?
What do you guys think?

THANK YOU!

Hi Bprat!

Been a while indeed.

So Im on newegg, which "version of the 760" would you recommend?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=gtx+760&N=-1&isNodeId=1

I guess i'm looking at the EVGA version vs the MSI version (first 3 cards on the search results)

Somehow the EVGA has less core blow and boost clock than the MSI one. But i heard EVGA is beetter brand?

Edited by darbebo - 09 Aug 2014 at 8:25am

I don't know how to or plan to overclock the vid card, so it's more of Buying it + putting it in + installing driver. But from your response and me re-reading, it seems like the first EVGA card is ALREADY OC'd for me ( i think that's what you meant)

And being most of the cards i see are dual fans, i think the "next best choice" would be the 3rd card (EVGA @ 244.99)

let me know if my deduction/interpretation is incorrect

Thank you for the clear pointer, I will think about it and make a choice. Much appreciated!

Sorry, I am back... question:

My budget got reduced. Based on my current specs, can the below video card perform nicely? Any incompatibility that you see?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?sdtid=7159632&SID=7f5d808a30244fdea9b0132dcf61a6f1&AID=10440897&PID=1225267&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-cables-_-na-_-na&Item=N82E16814150605&cm_sp=

Edited by darbebo - 26 Aug 2014 at 11:30am

cool, sounds good to me, worst thing is not the boost in gaming %, it's the "i bought the incompatible hardware"

thx!