With the craziness that is Live cashback, these two options are coming in very close pricewise now. The only major difference is that I could go Q9550 + Gigabyte UD3R/P with the 4870 x2 instead of i7 920 + x58 (prefer to avoid i750 & i780 if possible) with the x2 GTX 260 (192 core). Then again, cashback is reducing the Core i7 premium to about $200 or less, so it's not a huge deal.
Since the Radeon 9700 era passed I've been an nVidia user. I still get the sense nV's drivers are superior, though without direct experience with the current crop of cards I can't say for sure. It also seems like SLI game support is still better than Crossfire, but again ...
Any thoughts? Debating this endlessly and instead of going crazy, thought I'd throw it to the peanut gallery.
NOTE: This thread is NOT intended to start an nV vs. ATI/AMD flamewar, just wanted to see what people think.
Since the Radeon 9700 era passed I've been an nVidia user. I still get the sense nV's drivers are superior, though without direct experience with the current crop of cards I can't say for sure. It also seems like SLI game support is still better than Crossfire, but again ...
Any thoughts? Debating this endlessly and instead of going crazy, thought I'd throw it to the peanut gallery.
NOTE: This thread is NOT intended to start an nV vs. ATI/AMD flamewar, just wanted to see what people think.