which graphic card should i buy ?

hi,

Gigabyte X48-DS4 // Main board
Intel Q9450 Quad Core // CPU
Corsair Dominator 2x1 GB DDR2 1066 Mhz // RAM

I'm gonna buy above system. but i cant decide should i buy one and best graphic card or i should buy 2 ATI and make cross fire.

options are like that:

1) nVidia 9800GTX
2) ATI 2xHD3870 CF
3) ATI 4xxx series one card ( and maybe later CF )

or if i have low money

1) nVidia 8800GTS
2) ATI HD3870

thanks.

actually i need really good graphic card because i'm planning to use one 3d modelling ( solidworks, catia ) and high game performance ( not full detailed game but quite good =p )

Wait for the GTX260 as well, wait for prices to drop if you can, but don't go with 9800GTX, try and find an 8800GTX, 8800GTX generally outperforms 9800GTX, depends on some cards though, look up the benchmarks

^... hmmmmnnn if you aren't overclocking then Q9450 is a good buy... but then if you aren't overclocking X48 is a waste of money ... you should get P35... that would serve your purpose very well and save a lot of money.

anyhow the 4870 is going to be $320 and 4850 will be $200. Since you have chosen crossfire mobo, 4850 CF would probably be the sweet spot.

since you don't live in US there would surely be overpriced hardware there ... so you should def cut costs with P35. Other options are hard to rate at this point ... it would be best to rate everything when we get to know how the 4870 and 4850 perform.

9800gtx is a very bad idea ... a 3870x2 for the same price outperforms it.

http://en.expreview.com/2008/04/03 [...] review/13/