Video card recomendation - Asus GT430 or GT520 or 210

Hi,
I´m trying to decide on buying a discrete graphics card.
At the time I'm using an onboard Intel GMA 4500 (which works pretty well but usually when I get out of sleep mode in W7 64bit the file I have open in photoshop gets frozen, I zoom in and out but the screen doesn't refresh; I have to maximize photoshop for the file to refresh.  Sometimes it doesn't even refresh after restoring photoshop).
Maybe this has nothing to do with the video card and is just a photoshop issue.
Anyway, which of these 3 cards do you think will improve the performance (the cheaper the best):
http://www.amazon.com/PCI-Express-EN210-SILENT-1GD3-V2/dp/B004I8W4VI/ref=wl_it_dp_o_npd?ie =UTF8&coliid=I97DB7AU5TWVQ&colid=F5P3DUM50O0I (USD 45)
http://www.amazon.com/Asus-GeForce-Silent-Profile-PCI-Express/dp/B004X68L44/ref=wl_it_dp_o _npd?ie=UTF8&coliid=I2DMCG99CPWXXF&colid=F5P3DUM50O0I (USD 60)
http://www.amazon.com/Asus-PCI-Express-ENGT430-DC-1GD3/dp/B0051UWKUW/ref=wl_it_dp_o_npd?ie =UTF8&coliid=I3KL9BC6YWAB99&colid=F5P3DUM50O0I (USD 70)
Do you thing it's worth buying a video card or should I stay with the one onboard.
I work in web design and I use Photoshop CS5, Illustrator and Dreamweaver (sometimes working with Ai/Psd files from 30 to 60MB, these files are the ones I notice stress more the machine when zooming or moving layers).
I don't play games.  I watch HD video but the onboard card handles it quite Ok.
Thanks in advance, Jimmy

I've had the best results with ATI video cards, myself.
Reading between the lines, if your budget is under $100 I'd recommend the VisionTek ATI Radeon HD 5670 (which is the card I use), or move up to the newer 6670 model if you have a few $$$ more.
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