What Graphics Card Can I Upgrade To From A 8800GT Akimbo SLI Rig?

[SkyeHack]

Is there anything that will be worth it or should I just stick to my setup?

I run my cards overclocked and fans at full blast and it gets loud and hot in my room. Would it be wise to sell the SLI kit and take that money and buy the Sapphire Radeon 4870 x2 to save on noise and heat with better performance?

Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance guys!

My Computer

Computer Case - Antec Nine Hundred
Operation System - Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate x64 SP1
MotherBoard - EVGA nForce 780i SLI 775 A1
Processor - Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 3.2 GHz / Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound
Fan / Heatsink - Zalman CNPS9700 LED 110mm 2 Ball CPU Cooler
Memory - Corsair Dominator 4GB (4 x 1GB) DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) with Corsair CMXAF1 Fan
Power Supply - PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750 Quad
Video Graphics - 2x EVGA e-GeForce 8800GT SSC with Akimbo Dual Slot Fan Kit SLI
Primary Hard Disk Drives - Two Western Digital Raptor WD1500ADFD 150GB 10,000 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 1.5Gb/s in RAID 0
Storage Hard Disk Drive - Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31000340AS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s
CD\DVD Drive - Samsung Black 20X DVD+R 2MB Cache SATA 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe
Fan Controller - Zalman MFC2 Muti Fan Controller
Hard Drive Coolers - Three Vantec HDC-502A Aluminum
Sound Card - Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Pro Series
Input/Output Ports - SABRENT CRW-UINB 52-in-1 USB 2.0 Internal Card Reader
Monitor - HP w2408 1920x1200 LCD-TFT
Keyboard - Logitech G11
Mouse - Logitech G5
Speaker - Logitech Z-5500
MousePad - X-Trac Ripper Soft
Headset - Logitech USB Mic HeadSet
WebCam - Logitech QuickCam Ultra Vision SE
KVM Switch - TRENDnet TK-207K 2-Port USB
Wireless Router - Linksys WRT330N
Networking Device - Linksys EG005W Gigabit Workgroup Switch

 

[LockOnToIt]

I think the 4870 x2 would beat out your SLI configuration, but why not check Tom's Hardware's graphics charts? Quick answer in RW/benchmark testing.

 

[Mega666]

8800gt is not really a card you want to do sli on - from what I hear. 280, 260 with your current mb. that gives you the option to sli later and not have to buy a new mb.

 

[SkyeHack]

do i have to buy a new motherboard if i go ATI/AMD?

 

[an51r]

No you can run an ATI card in your board but you cannot run crossfire

 

[SkyeHack]

would a 4870 x2 fit in a antec 900 case?

 

[The Wayfarer]

Skyehack-

Do you happen to play any games with huge textures like, say, Qarl's Texture Pack III and etc? I was always curious how they fared vs the 512 models in such specialized situations, but all the reviews I've read seem get their benchmarks in more mainstream, commonly-occurring gaming situations.