What 2 Cards Should I Get

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is the 9800 GX2 i was looking at.

i would SLI them.

or should i get 1

GTX280

or 2 if there cheaper once its offical release date.

this is the only thing im waiting for befor i build my new pc

so still even 1 gtx280 will beat 2 9800's ?

yea i plan on waiting till they come out. but im getting borad i wanna play on DX10 allready!!! lol

Hahaha, dagger, we are always on the same page

The gtx280's 1gb ram would give it an advantage over gx2 with 512mb assigned to each core. Still best to wait and see the initial price. If they kept it at the $700 mark, it's not worth it. Might as well sli two 1gb versions of 8800gts for much less.

we will have to wait and see what the prices are like. I hope reviews pop up sooner.

what 9800 would be a normal SLI one and why aint the one i picked just normal SLI ?

lol so 2 cards = quad.

im still on the DX9 stage.. lol

but what if i buy 2 GTX280's if i can wont that be quad?

GTX280 has a single GPU per card so 2 cards= SLI. GX2 has two GPUs built into each card so two in SLI would = 4 GPUs total = quad SLI. Just count the GPUs..... Tri SLI would mean you need three cards with 1 GPU each.

I would not get Quad GPU, what perceived improvement VR. heat, cost and added noise is just not worth it IMHO. Either SLI or get the GTX280. In my expirience a single card with a faster GPU and more VRAM always trumps SLI with more accumalitve resources unless you are gaming at much higher resolutions.

You are gaming at the same resolution I am, and I have decided on either the GTX280 once it hits or 2X 3870 (I have a crossfire board) for what its worth.

ah thanks for explaning it all. im still new to the sli and stuff ..