3 GTX 280's or wait?

I agree.
If you want to add a third 280, I'd wait until the new GX2 comes out, the price will probably drop on the 280s by enough to make three reasonable.

I had three 8800 GTXs for about 6 months just a short while ago.
I think they did a great job. At the time I was able to play Crysis at 1920x1200 pretty much full out, where other set-ups were struggling.......just 2 cents.

Currently I have 2 280s and am very happy.
When they start to slow down, you can bet I'll add a third.
 
This thread reminds me of everything I hate about PC gaming and nothing I like. Perhaps we should consider strapping a couple helicopters to the side of the Industrial Light and Magic studio and see if we can't run an HDMI cable out of it. That shit should run Crysis.

What games, exactly, are you getting this to play?
 
Katalysis said:
This thread reminds me of everything I hate about PC gaming and nothing I like.

What games, exactly, are you getting this to play?
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I don't understand? What about this thread makes you hate PC Gaming?

To answer your question though, exactly what games couldn't he play if he had 3 280's? ;)
 
ill would wait for 280 price drop a bit, 2x280 is enough for any game right now
 
greens said:
I don't understand? What about this thread makes you hate PC Gaming?

To answer your question though, exactly what games couldn't he play if he had 3 280's? ;)
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It doesn't make me hate PC gaming, I said the things *things* I hate about it. As in, the endless string of video card updates, and the cost.

And my question was because I see no difference between SLI and Tri-SLI on that monitor. I don't know what exactly would need that much power, or would make use of all that power. Sure, if money is no object, go crazy, I guess, but I honestly think it would hurt more than help.
 
lloose said:
Are you actually going to buy this time? You have opened up several threads asking essentially the same question several times now for months.
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I have maybe opened up one thread related to Tri-SLI, I believe it was for choosing a power supply. However, I have been researching like crazy, tweaking, etc. in order to make sure I have the build that I want. But anyway I just bought the Dell 3007WFP-HC so as you can probably tell, my 7800GTX doesn't cut it. My main concern is that waiting for the new revisions to hit on January 8th would allow me to purchase 3 GTX 285's (I think they will outperform 2 GTX 295's in Quad SLI) and still step up to the GTX 380's 3 months later in April (if they come out by then).
 
Get two EVGA/BFG gtx280 now, and step up to the 285 in january/febuary, and add a third if you want.
 
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