Whats the best setup ?

i would like opinions on what the best setup is
amd64 fx60 512mb 7900gtx
amd64 fx60 2x256mb 7900gt
amd64 fx57 2x 512mb 7900gtx
amd64 fx60 512mb x1900xt
amd64 fx60 512mb x1900xtx

its beyond my price

Get an Opteron or an X2, though Optey would be better, especially for OCing. I have a 4200+ X2 OCed to 2.4Ghz, with a X1900XT, and from the performance i get with the gfx card, i'd say go with ATI for the moment.

Depends on the benchmark, and on how you define "best"...

(I personally prefer to get 90% of the highest performance available for 50-60% of the cost, rather than paying another $400 for 200 MHz more on clock speed or another $100 for a 25 MHz core jump on GPU)

Personally, I find the FX60 to be massively overpriced, given the small improvement in gaming over an Opteron 175 or 180, not even mentioning the ease of OCing the latter to near/above FX60 speeds...

As to the 7900GTX/1900XT/XTX choice, that's a tough one...all 3 cards are excellent, and it depends on the game and resolution as to which one leads by maybe 5-10 fps...;

Anyone take a look at the 7900GT /SLI benchmarks?? :-)

Opty 175 w/ 2 ea. 7900GTX in SLI?

(Personally, I think one card would be quite 'sufficient', unless your goal is to play everything at above 1600x1200...; if limited by LCD to 1280 x1024, I'd prob opt for a single GTX7900)

The higher you intend to run your resolution, the less impact that last 200-400 Mhz on cpu speed has an impact due to being gpu bound...

(I would not even consider any single core cpu solution if building a new rig for gaming today, especialy with Vista on the horizon...)

amd64 fx60 512mb x1900xtx

This gets my vote, nice overkill though. Should last sometime.