Hoping to upgrade graphics card this summer. what do you reckon?

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As discovered in a different thread my gpu is pretty shitty so i'm hoping to get a new one as an early birthday present in the summer. I've done a fair amount of research and , while the rest of my rig isn't stunning, it should be good enough to run the cards i've been looking at:

Intel core 2 quad q8300
4gb ddr3 RAM

The main issue is size as i've got a small tower and motherboard. I haven't measured it exactly but i think around 9" is pretty much the limit which, obviously, rules out many a card but i think I've settled on either the gtx 560ti or the non ti version depending on whether the former would fit. How much better is the 560ti compared to the 560?

Thoughts?

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Hold up, i think i've just found a 560ti that would fit in my pc.

http://www.palit.biz/palit/vgapro.php?id=1497

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Most 560ti's appear to be 9 inches long. Hopefully that fits your case.

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Michael wrote:: Most 560ti's appear to be 9 inches long. Hopefully that fits your case.

From what i can tell palit made their own custom PCB which is about 7.5 inches so should be perfect

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Of course, you could always buy a new case! haha