Advice/Opinions wanted....

[koretex]

I currently have a EVGA Superclocked 8800GTS/320 and have been happy with it except for the small amount of RAM. I run at 1440x900 in games and alot of games the past few months have been bottlenecking on the RAM when I crank the textures all the way up. I just found out I am getting a 24" Acer 1920x1200 monitor for Christmas and thusly it is time to upgrade the vidcard so here is my dilemma.....

I have an ASUS mobo w/ the 975x chipset so no SLi for me just crossfire, that being said I havent run a ATI card since the 9800pro days. So since I am asking for opinions I am asking what YOU would do if you were me with the above info...

Here is what I am thinking...sell my 8800GTS now and get this 3870 right now and then get another one after I get my new monitor at Christmas for a total of about $500 invested in vidcards, but having a badass setup with a total of 1GB of DDR4 vid RAM and alot of heat or just wait until the new 8800GTS comes out and have a single card with only 512MB RAM and a cost of probably $400??? Yes I realize there is a $100 difference in price, which if the gains are there I don't mind spending, especially since I am not planning on upgrading again for another year or so. Or hell you would be happy gaming on my current card @ 1920x1200 and wait on the 9 series from Nvidia.....to much going on right now with vidcards and games!!!!!

Thats what I am thinking, I guess my confusion as to what to do comes from the fact that I really dont know that much about crossfire and how much of a pain it is or isn't and the fact that only 512MB RAM on a single 8800GTS would still hurt me at 1920x1200....ohh and if it matters my CPU is in my sig TIA

 

[phide]

...but having a badass setup with a total of 1GB of DDR4 vid RAM and alot of heat or just wait until the new 8800GTS comes out and have a single card with only 512MB RAM and a cost of probably $400???

Here to throw a wrench in the works: CrossFire doesn't double the available VRAM. With two 512MB cards, you have a total of 512MB available for textures (minus buffers). With four 512MB cards, you have a total of 512MB available for textures, and so on and so forth. SLi works the same way.

I'd probably just wait for the new GTS. 320MB is grossly insufficient, but 512MB is still "okay".

 

[koretex]

Here to throw a wrench in the works: CrossFire doesn't double the available VRAM. With two 512MB cards, you have a total of 512MB available for textures (minus buffers). With four 512MB cards, you have a total of 512MB available for textures, and so on and so forth. SLi works the same way.

I'd probably just wait for the new GTS. 320MB is grossly insufficient, but 512MB is still "okay".

Wow thanks for the info, and that sux!!! So basically all crossfire/SLi does is double the GPUs power then, and does nothing with the RAM?!?!?! IF so umm why, thats kinda fucked up IMO.

So in other words save the $100 and just buy a new GTS/512mb for $400 or whatever and be done with it or wait until a GTs or 3870 comes out with 1GB RAM on it....