Video card selection

[mstersmith]

Need a little help with the selection of video cards. Because of the new cards coming up I cant decide if EVGA is the better choice over ATI. So these are my proposed builds with the video cards. They are almost Identical


Q9300
DFI DK X38
Mushcan DDR 800 (2X2)
HD 3870 x2
850 wat Rosewell PSU
WD 150Gb 10000

The NVIDIA build

Q9300
DFI DK P35
Mushcan DDR800 (2X2)
EVGA 9800 GX2 1Gb
750 Corsair PSU
WD 150Gb 10000

Thanks for all your help in advance. I am leaning towards the 9800x2 simply for the step up program. But am not entirly sure. I also have read it is better for a single card rig because SLI and Crossfire dont scale well for the cost with out a 24" screen or larger.

 

[leSLIe]

if u go with a 9800GTX u can then step up to the next Geforce GT200 (or whatever it's name is) in a couple of months


forget about that slow 3870 x2 !!

 

[mk_ln]

go for the 9800GX2