Nvidia 8800 or ATI 2900 XT

GTS 320 MB ftw. It barely trails the the 640 version, and costs $100 less. I have one, and couldn't be happier. Besides, Nforce 6xx mobos are becoming mainstream anyway.

Most likely i will be buying 22 inch LCD Samsung SyncMaster 226BW.
Resolution is 1680x1050, 2ms.

It is rather cheap if you compare it in price to the price of GTX card for example. It is very good monitor.

Thanks for the replys by the way.

Which size moniter, and which resolution do you plan to play on? If it's a higher resolution, higher than 1600 x 1050, I would suggest an 8800 GTS with 640 MB, just to be safe, and for it to last longer than that 8800 GTS with 320 MB. Also, I would stay away from SLi'ing and Crossfire for now, as the price of 2 8800 GTS 640 MB's are less than one 8800 GTX, which will beat it.

Remember, you can always play the waiting game, but you will have to buy the PC at sometime. The only reason I would wait is to see Intel price cuts on June 22nd, then go from there.

Thats great, I'm looking at getting that monitor as well.

I use the 8800GTS 320mb on my 19" at 1280X1024 and it runs great. You may want to consider a card with more RAM. I do not have personal experience with gaming at 22" though. I'd consult somebody with that experience.

I'd wait until the end of July, then pick up an E6850 CPU and an 8800 GTX.

Nobody knows when the 8900 GTX will appear so I'm not going to tell you to wait for it. Nobody knows when ANY AMD/ATI product will appear or what it will do, so don't wait for those either. (I hope AMD reads this and realizes they're shooting themselves in the foot by keeping quiet.)

If you can afford it there's a new 24" Samsung monitor out there. it's $700 in Canada, it supports 1920*1200. That one will definitely want a GTX. For 1680x1050 the GTS will do, depending on the game and settings.

Forget SLI, it's rarely worth it, especially if you don't have a 30" monitor. By the time one GTX is not enough you'll be able to buy a single card that beats the 8800 GTX SLI all by itself. This can save you $100 or so on the mobo. History seems to indicate that high-end cards just disappear, they don't really become dirt-cheap after a long time, so don't expect to get your second 8800 GTX for $100 in a year or two.

I think that the 320MB is fine, and its price agrees. some gmaes require 512MB to run all max, so if you feel like thats a problem for future games then get the x2900XT, at newegg they comewith so many freebies that the amount of that cash going towards the game (in relation to the cost of the inividual parts of the components subtracted from the total cost) is lower than that of the GTS 640 . (I <3 ATI but if you dont share my opinion of subtracting freebie price from shelf price then the 640MB is cheaper and thus well, for the person tight on cash, more attractive (if you do get the 2900 get it from newegg, if ur in the US, if not then deff get the 640, so long as its cheaper...)