Best bang for buck -- which of these 3 GeForce cards?

MikeSp

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In a computer build, I am looking at the following nVidia cards and have not built a computer for several years nor ever used anything other than ATI cards. Therefore, I am wondering which of the following choices would provide the best bang for the buck when combined with an nVidia 790 Ultra SLI mobo and Intel Q9450 CPU:

1) dual GeForce 9800 GT 512MB SLI
2) GeForce 9800GX2 (1024 MB)
3) GeForce GTX 280 (1024 MB)

Thanks for your opinions

Mike
 
best bang for the buck would be a 9800GX2 at 280$... 9800GT are not worth it.. its just a rebranded 8800GT that you can get for 120$ and under 100$ AR alot.

of coarse since your getting a Q9450 and 790i i dont see why you would want anything other then the GTX280.. your obviously not building a budget system.. get the 280 and game happy.
 
none of the above.

GTX 260 if you must go SLI. They have been seen for for around 240 and 188 (I am waiting to see if they ship it to me). The 9800GT is said above, the 9800GTX is too much for what it is and the 9800GX2 is really for benchmarks, not nearly as good gameplay.

for a single card solution the GTX 280 is the best of the 3. JMO
 
Out of the three, i would go with GTX 280
But you might want to check out the GTX 260 too
 
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