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I recently bought a new video card and my opinion was the same, I wanted an Nvidia card and not an AMD/ATI....but it took some thought to get there.
Reasons for my choice include:
- Historically, Nvidia has had better Linux support and I do use Linux regularly.
- My video rendering software uses CUDA, so I wanted to stay with a CUDA based card
- The AMD/ATI Catalyst driver set just seems to be a bit messier overall to me than Nvidia drivers.
I've owned AMD cards in the past (Radeon 9700Pro and Radeon X800XT). Both cards worked well for me in their time. I've also owned numerous Nvidia cards (7600GT, 8600GT, 9800GTX+ and now a 570GTX+). These cards have also worked great for me. In particular, the 7600GT's have been fabulous in Linux boxes over the years.
I would be concerned that the upgrade from a GTX460 to anything less than the 570 (and even that is close) is going to be enough of an upgrade to keep them satisfied for a few years.. And the problem with going higher than a 570 becomes budget in a hurry as prices rise dramatically at that point. I'm not saying that an upgrade to a 570 would be unnoticeable, but i don't think it would really make them go, "Wow, this is incredible".
Remember, new games are now "recommending 560's", but they aren't the required minimum. It's a good guideline for somebody who might want to get the game and needs a new computer But I would say that your GTX 460 Overclocked is "close enough" to a 560...so I would expect it to play in the same league as the "recommended system config" So, I'm of the opinion that your current card is certainly in the "recommended realm still", and spending anything less than 350 is probably not going to move you up much.