Need Help Choosing Graphics Card For My First Pc Build

Hey guys what's up, I am building my first computer/first gaming computer and wanted to know what is the BEST performing graphics out their at this very moment, I know some cards run better than others in some games so heres a list of games I might want to play in MAX settings or Ultra:
BattleField3
WorldOfWarcraft
Call of duty MW3
Crysis 2
Mass Effect 3
and other popular games I can't think of atm lol.

I want that question answered also I want to know what is the best graphics card to have with my pc build I am planning on getting crossfire or sli and was wondering if you guys could help me out a bit here are my specs:

• ASUS RAMPAGE IV EXTREME - LGA2011 - X79 - 8x DIMM - PCIe 3.0 Motherboards
• Thermaltake Level 10 GT (VN10001W2N) Black ATX Full Tower Computer Case
• Intel Core i7-3930K 3.2GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) LGA 2011 Six-Core Desktop Processor
• COOLER MASTER Silent Pro Gold Series RSC00-80GAD3-US 1200W Power Supply
• OCZ Vertex 4 VTX4-25SAT3-256G 2.5" MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
• x2 CORSAIR DOMINATOR GT 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2133 Desktop Memory (32 GB Ram)
• CORSAIR H100 (CWCH100) Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
• Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-bit - OEM
• x2 Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" SATA 6.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

I would also like to know what would be the best SSD for a gamer, I want my games to load extremely fast let me know if my ssd is ok.

Thank you so much for taking your time to help.

 

In terms of a graphics card, an Nvidia GTX 680 or AMD Radeon HD 7970 are top of the pile for the moment (there is a Nvidia GTX 690, but it's double the price of these two) at similar prices, you'll need to go read the reviews for these cards to see how your games will play, maybe go read the GTX 680 reviews as they should be comparing it against the HD 7970.
As for SLI or Crossfire, I would think it's overkill with such a top end card, graphically both GPU's should handle all games on there own without needing a second card.

As for an SSD with the Vertex 4 you've already picked out one of the better SSD's, so I'd recommend staying with that.

 

I currently run an AMD Radeon HD 6950 (The exact same hardware as the 6970, just locked by firmware). This card copes perfectly well with all of those games, with BF3 not on ultra fully, but a mix of ultra and high. This is mainly due to the rest of the hardware in my system is dated Core2Quad CPU and only DDR2 RAM. So any 6900 series and above will be perfectly fine or the Nvidia equivalent.