Newegg has the EVGA 02G-P4-2651-KR GeForce GTX 650 2GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card for $140 - $10 rebate [Exp 10/31] = $130 with free shipping. Features 384 CUDA Cores and a diminutive length of 6".
Wow this sucks... I first thought this was the GTS650 Ti for $130 and that would've made some sense. But this GT650 is nothing better than a 7750 and those are under $80... This is No Deal, unless you purchase it thinking it was a Ti then you were just duped.
I like the Sapphire Vapor-X Edition 100358VXL 7770 OC'd at 1100Mhz 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 $115 -AR$15 shipping $5. For $120 It will spar at 1680x or 1080p with many of those reference or more generic OC'd GTS650Ti that are $145 on up. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102993
If it isn't a GTS or GTX it's going to be a slow card. Fine for casual gaming or in a office computer. It also makes a big difference if it's a PCI-E 2.x or a PCI-E 3.x card as well but if you are run a 3.x card you need a motherboard to go along with it to get the higher bandwidth speed increase. I was looking to sell a GTS450 but i'm comparing the speed rating and it isn't worth in since I have a PCI-E 2.x motherboard & i'd have to spend in the low $200 range for any improvement in performance. (I have to run Dual DVI for my LCD's)
#3 - Between GTS450 and GTX650Ti (Yes I like to designate it as GTSTi because that makes it more sensible to me) there is a big jump and a logical move if your at 1680x panels. I'd say wait and see what the GTX650Ti might price out for Black Friday. Face it these diminutive and generic cooler models need to see pricing weighting the component/ content, and even given it's 128-Bit card, they aren't bring a ton of value like in your situation. If more looking to a 1920x or 1080p you should seriously be more gravitating to the GTX660, but I'd let those adjust to more like $200 before they've a place.
Wow this sucks... I first thought this was the GTS650 Ti for $130 and that would've made some sense. But this GT650 is nothing better than a 7750 and those are under $80... This is No Deal, unless you purchase it thinking it was a Ti then you were just duped.
Nice that it diminutive, but it's still takes two slots, this 7750 is a single slot height.
XFX AMD Radeon HD 7750 1GB GDDR5 $78 -AR$15 w/FS
http://www.amazon.com/XFX-DisplayPort-PCI-Express-FX775AZNP4-FX-775A-ZNP4/dp/B007Z3T5JC/ref=s11?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1351022206&sr=1-1&keywords=FX775AZNP4%3BFX-775A-ZNP4
And I think your entitled to Fry Cry and 20% Off Metal of Honor.
http://www.techpowerup.com/174146/AMD-Also-Announces-Never-Settle-Game-Bundles.html
I get why the exorbitant price, it's bequeathed with 2Gb. A really deceptive practice a to extract profit on a slow card. Though if in the market and heart set on Nvidia check either of these. Though shipping for either make calling a either a front-runner of a deal.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Productcompare.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007709%20600315498%20600364400&IsNodeId=1&bop=And&CompareItemList=48%7C14%2D130%2D838%5E14%2D130%2D838%2DTS%2C14%2D130%2D830%5E14%2D130%2D830%2DTS%2C14%2D130%2D828%5E14%2D130%2D828%2DTS
I like the Sapphire Vapor-X Edition 100358VXL 7770 OC'd at 1100Mhz 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 $115 -AR$15 shipping $5. For $120 It will spar at 1680x or 1080p with many of those reference or more generic OC'd GTS650Ti that are $145 on up.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102993
If it isn't a GTS or GTX it's going to be a slow card. Fine for casual gaming or in a office computer. It also makes a big difference if it's a PCI-E 2.x or a PCI-E 3.x card as well but if you are run a 3.x card you need a motherboard to go along with it to get the higher bandwidth speed increase. I was looking to sell a GTS450 but i'm comparing the speed rating and it isn't worth in since I have a PCI-E 2.x motherboard & i'd have to spend in the low $200 range for any improvement in performance. (I have to run Dual DVI for my LCD's)
#3 - Between GTS450 and GTX650Ti (Yes I like to designate it as GTSTi because that makes it more sensible to me) there is a big jump and a logical move if your at 1680x panels. I'd say wait and see what the GTX650Ti might price out for Black Friday. Face it these diminutive and generic cooler models need to see pricing weighting the component/ content, and even given it's 128-Bit card, they aren't bring a ton of value like in your situation. If more looking to a 1920x or 1080p you should seriously be more gravitating to the GTX660, but I'd let those adjust to more like $200 before they've a place.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/6359/the-nvidia-geforce-gtx-650-ti-review
http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=855&Itemid=72