Hey all i play on ordering soon and i am having problems deciding between these two setups. I will be gaming alot and multi tasking somtimes. I will be using a Viewsonic "19 monitor and would like to play all games with the settings cranked to the max!

SETUP ONE:

Enermax All In One EG565P-VE Fma ATX12V V2.0 20/24PIN 535W 2FAN SLI Ready Power Supply

Creative Sound Blaster X-FI Xtreme Music 24BIT Sound Card


OCZ EL Platinum PC3200 2GB 2X1GB DDR400 CL2-3-2-5 184PIN Pin Dual Channel Memory Kit /W Ramsink

Antec P180 ATX Advanced Mid Tower Aluminum Case 4X5.25 1X3.5 6X3.5INT No PS W/ USB & Audio Ports

ASUS A8N-E Motherboard ATX S939 NFORCE4 Ultra DDR PCI-E16 PCI-E4 2PCI-E1 3PCI SATA RAID Sound GBLAN

*Free Age of Empires 3* AMD ATHLON 64 X2 4400+ DUAL CORE PROCESSOR S939 TOLEDO 2.2GHZ RETAIL

BFG GeForce 7900 GTX OC PCI-E 512MB 256BIT DDR3 SLI Ready Dual DVI-I HDTV Out Video Card


LG GSA-H10A 16X DVD+-RW 16X Dual Layer Writer IDE 2MB Black OEM W/ SW Burner

Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB SATA2 7200RPM 16MB 8.9MS Hard Drive 3 Year MFR Warranty

Mitsumi FA404A-BK 7-IN-1 Floppy Drive & Flash Reader CF/SM/SD/MMC/MS Black




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SETUP TWO:

Enermax Liberty ELT620AWT 620W ATX12V V2.2 20/24PIN Modular Cable Power Supply W/ 120MM Fan

OCZ EL Platinum PC3200 2GB 2X1GB DDR400 CL2-3-2-5 184PIN Pin Dual Channel Memory Kit /W Ramsink

Creative Sound Blaster X-FI Xtreme Music 24BIT Sound Card

XFX GeForce 7900 GT 520M Xtreme 520MHZ 256MB 256BIT 1.5GHZ GDDR3 PCI-E Dual DVI-I VIVO Video Card
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XFX GeForce 7900 GT 520M Xtreme 520MHZ 256MB 256BIT 1.5GHZ GDDR3 PCI-E Dual DVI-I VIVO Video Card

Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB SATA2 7200RPM 16MB 8.9MS Hard Drive 3 Year MFR Warranty

*Free Age of Empires 3* AMD ATHLON 64 X2 4400+ DUAL CORE PROCESSOR S939 TOLEDO 2.2GHZ RETAIL

ASUS A8N-SLI Premium ATX S939 NFORCE4 SLI DDR 2PCI-E16 2PCI-E 3PCI SATA RAID Sound GBLAN Motherboard

LG GSA-H10A 16X DVD+-RW 16X Dual Layer Writer IDE 2MB Black OEM W/ SW Burner

Mitsumi FA404A-BK 7-IN-1 Floppy Drive & Flash Reader CF/SM/SD/MMC/MS Black

Thank you

Please observe both setups and please vote accordingly

I voted setup one, but if you do with Setup 2, find another motherboard. THe Asus SLI boards have lots of issues. Its one of the poorest products Asus makes. Consider a DFI board.

I would say setup one because I dont think SLI is worth it

I agree.

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It seems a single 7900GTX's performance is pretty comparable to 2 7900GTs in SLI, and cheaper. Setup 1.

On a 19" monitor you won't miss setup 2 that much. Save yourself some money and just get setup 1.

Once again, SLi is a waste of cash.......

It certainly is!! :-D

If i were to pick setup one, would it be smarter to take a X1900XTX instead? and if i took a X1900XTX what mobo should i choose?

It depends, nVidia cards do better in OpenGL, ATI cards do better in D3D.

nVidia cards run great on any OS while ATI cards are windoze only for the most part.

As far as the motherboard is concerned I would suggest a quality non-SLI nF4 Ultra or nF4 motherboard.

Good Luck :-D

Ya I would go for setup 1 except look at the x1900 series.

Since you're going to run it on a 19" monitor, therefore lower resolution, I think a single card solution will work just fine. If you're going to get a bigger monitor with higher resolutions, then get Setup #2.