I have about $250 dollars for a new desktop video card replacing my 9500 GT. What one should i get?

Antec EarthWatts EA650, $63 (using 10% off promo code),



http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…



Sapphire 100315L, Radeon 6850 1GB, $190,



http://www.directron.com/100315l.html|||I'd recommend a Radeon 5850 for that price range. There's an overclocked XFX card at Newegg right now for $215 after a $30 mail-in rebate, so $245 up front:



http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…



If you'd rather stick with nVidia and not have to change your drivers, there is an overclocked GTX 465 for $209 after a $40 rebate:



http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…



The Radeon is faster than the GeForce in most games:



http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/1…



The differences there aren't dramatic, but the 5850 also runs much cooler, uses 100W less power under load and is a tiny bit quieter. Note that these benchmarks are for stock-clocked cards, but since both the cards I linked to above are overclocked from the factory I think in percentage terms the differences would be nearly identical. I have a stock-clocked 5850 and love it. It runs anything I throw at it, even Crysis: Warhead along with the Core i7 CPU. Personally recommended. But the GTX is a great card if you wish to stick with nVidia. Just make sure your power supply can handle it. You'll want at least 400W for the Radeon or 450W for the GeForce, and both cards require two 6-pin PCI-E supplemental power connectors from the power supply. Without two of those or the necessary Wattage the cards will be useless.