To Crossfire, or GTX

OK, here's the deal. I'm building a new PC based on the X38 chipset which, out of the box, doesn't support SLI.

SOOOO...

Give me some pros and cons regarding:

2 HD 2900 Pro (Flashed to XT) in CrossFire
1 8800 GTX (most likely OC'd)

On a side note, is it *possible* to get 2 8800 GTs working together in some sort of hacked SLI on this chipset? If so, will there be a performance hit, and is it worth it to attempt?

Thanks!

Have you considered the new 8800 GT?

If I could run SLI on that motherboard, I wouldn't be posting here and would have 2 GTs on the way to my house

I chose the single GTX because even tho it will be significantly more expensive, it is the single card performance king right now and should handle the load well on its own.

I just know that the 2900s are going to be a much better choice for HD and larger resolutions on the new monitor.




"if it wasn't for vista i say get the 2 2900 but for vista get the gtx" - Please elaborate
The whole point of this upgrade is to have a temporary DX10 capable machine until Penryn comes out to make it a GREAT DX10 machine So Vista is a necessary evil (no hacked XP DX10 thank you)

OK, all this got me so worked up, I looked up next gen Nvidia chipsets and found..

http://en.hardspell.com/doc/showcont.asp?news_id=1601

Looks like I may be waiting til Nov 12th at least. If they are stable boards, then my problems are solved, 3 8800 GTs it is!!