i am kinda torn

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Zuriick

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i am kinda torn on what card to go to. I know I would like to go with an sli setup, that is for sure, but I dunno if it be best to fork the money for 2xgtx260s or do 2x9800gtx+ black editions. should i get the latter in order to be set for awhile until faster, more efficient cards come along? b/c it seems like nvidia's gtx295 isnt really going to be the answer to all our needs.

i am running an amd 9850be with 2x2gb g.skill 1066 ddr2 on an antec 850w psu through two samsung 2253bw monitors. i know the psu will be able to handle both sets of cards with no problem.

and the games I play are mainly, well, WoW, AoE III, and CoD4. I am leaning towards the two 9800s b/c i don't need all the other power for the pixels i dont have.

any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
 
A GTX 260 SLI setup would rip apart a 9800 GTX+ SLI setup. Especially if the new 55nm cards overclock good.
 
ONE GTX 260 216 would beat two 9800GTX+'s in sli. I would suggest going with a single GTX285 as those games that you mentioned don't require much GPU power and with SLI you would get microstuttering.
 
I haven't heard of a GTX285 coming out. I have only heard of a GTX295. And, even if I went with an SLI setup w/ 2xGTX260s, would my cpu bottleneck?
 
2 gtx260s is the clear choice for performance. The only reason you would go with two 9800gtxs would
be to save some cash.
 
I just bought an EVGA 790i ultra motherboard(for $160) and for now I just bought a 9500gt for $45 on newegg. I plan on either buying two 260s or 280s next year for sli when the 300 series comes out and the 200s drop a lot in price. Then I can use the 9500 for a physx card :)
 
You don't need a physx card as no games use physx or really benefit from it.
 
That's a debate, because there is PhysX and Havoc. Havoc is used more form what i read
on these forums.
 
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