Graphics ATI HD5770 or Nvidia GTS250 or Nvidia GTX260

I myself am currently looking to upgrade my graphics card at some point.
in your place i would get a 5770 however i need some more power as i game at 1680 * 1050 on my 22 ins monitors which i have 2 of.

Currently i have:

CPU Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600, Motherboard P5K Premium Wifi, Memory 8GB (4* DDR2, PC2-6400 (400 MHz), 2048 MBytes, Corsair) Storage 1 * samsung spinpoint f1 500GB system 1 * Samsung spinpoint f3 1TB Sound creative xfi pro with drive bay Graphics Nvidia 8800GTS 512 OS windows 7 ultimate 64 bit PSU Be Quiet Dark Power Pro 650 watt

i was looking at the 5770 but think id need at least a 5850 for the upgrade to make any sense currently loving Battlefield bad company 2 what say you

 

Yeah, I built my new computer, it was really satisfying actually (my first build). I gotta say, the HD5770 is awesome, I got the XFX one for approx £125. I can play crysis at 1600x900 everything turned up high at about 30-40 fps which is pretty decent. Then the card rips through race driver grid, like max resolution 1600x900, everything turned up high, the framerate is extremely high and I did dual monitor (eyefinity) race driver grid too which wasn't as much fun (half the car was on one side, the other on the other monitor). And CODMW2 again, this card rips through it, like 100fps everything high 1600x900 res.

The rest of my new build spec in case u need to analyse:
AMD Phenom II 550 BE
MSI C45 mobo
2gb DDR3 ram (1333MHz corsair)

anyways, good luck with your upgrade. I certainly loved my HD5770 (All the framerates I said were without overclocking yet , I'll do that in the summer)

 

The 5770 would be the best choice, good performance, low power consumption, low heat, all you could possibly need.

 

5770 get my vote too.

 

GTX 260-216 = faster overall In the games you listed I'd say, but the res you're playing at the HD 5770 makes the best sense for price/performance/future proofing

Get the HD 5770.