Advise on Videocard choice

[edifyingkarma]

I will be building a computer for my brother here soon and I was wondering if you folks could give me a bit of advice. I run two 8800GT's in SLI in my pc as I game at 1920x1080 and I like the gains that I see at these higher resolutions over a single GT (its about 1 year old now). However, my brother has a 22in' with a max res of 1680x1050, and I needed to know if he would see enough performance gain at that res with SLI, or should I just throw a single card in the mix.

Now before you go bashing me as a Nvidia fan boy, I tried earnestly to get him to consider maybe a couple of 4850's or a 4870, but he is hell bent on Nvidia as that is what he is used to. I think brand loyalty is fullish, but its his money.

So here are the options. Throw a couple of 9800GTX+ or a Single GTX 260. I could also try to kick him in the ass so he'll consider ATI. However, I would like to ensure that the drivers for the X2 are improving, might just go with a single 4870 if I can convince him, as the X2 would probably be overkill at that res.

Thanks for your input!

Edi

 

[leSLIe]

go for a GTX260

 

[spaceman]

EVGA 260 GTX for $219 AR on the egg now. Probably the best deal atm being EVGA and all. I am waiting for better though. The 4870 1gb just came out and so did the 216 260. That usually means a clearance sale is coming.

 

[Krenum]

4870 1GB do it ... do it now!