Video card recomendation

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dunnen

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I am working on a build an need video card recommendations. The new computer will be linux only, have a triple monitor set up, and gaming will be limited. I do want to be able to play Diablo 3 and Starcraft 3 when they come out. The motherboard I am looking at is the ASUS P5Q Pro. I have been a lurker for a while now and recently made an account but have not posted until today and I would like the say that this forum is awesome.

Thanks

edit: i forgot to mention that it must be nVidia and I am looking to spend about $100 on each card.
 
So you're planning on running SLI? I'd say 2x 8800GTs if that's the case.
 
I won't be running SLI. I just need 3 dvi ports to do triple monitors but 2 8800GTs look like a good choice right now. Do you think a 9600GT will give about the same performance?
 
If you can find 8800GTs at the price under 100 bucks then I highly recommend those.
Unfortunately the 9600GTs are bottlenecked at higher bandwidth resolutions resulting in about a 20-30 percent loss at 20" widescreen resolution.

112 shaders are much more helpful than the 64 shaders. You're better off even getting 1 8800 GT.
 
Thanks for that info charlie. I have 3 22" monitors so that does matter. Do you think using 2 cards therefore causing the PCIe slots to run at 8x will be a bottleneck?
 
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