260 or 280 step up sli configuration

I bought a EVGA 790i motherboard along with two 9800 GTX's in SLI with the intention of stepping up to the next cards and now that they're here I need a little help in deciding how to go about the step up. I've read the reviews, the gains suck compared to the gx2, at least right now. But I don't really care, it'll get better, and the idea of two gpus on a single card doesn't seem as smart of an idea in terms of drivers and software support.

Here the options I've thought about and theit approximate pricing (I have a 1000W psu):

- 3 260's (~$700)
- 2 280's (~$700)
- 2 gx2's (~$600)

It's early and I know the prices will come down in the next week or so, especially for the gx2, but let me know what you guys think. I read somewhere that 3 280's were only marginally better than 2 gx2's, but that's with immature drivers. There's about 90 days left on the step up.

2 x 8800/9800GTXs or Ultras.

Or even 2 x G92 GTS's.

Edit: I forgot about the 9800GTX's you have... Might be worthwhile to stick with them for a while???

I think you'd be best keeping what you have or getting 2 GTX 280's, your psu can't handle 3sli GTX 260's so your only option is really 2 280's or 2 260's. Stay way from the 2 GX2 because 2 GTX 280's easily outperforms them.

New 200 series is good for sli. The have enough memory for real high resolutions! Better than old Nvidia cards, because their meromy limitations.