which is better ATI's Radeon 4870X2 or nVidia's GTX280

Im buildin a new system and want to know which gpu to go for ... the 4870X2 or the GTX280, im also comsidering the 9800GX2...

i have a 24" widescreen

im gonna get:
an ASUS Rampage 2 Extreme X58 Motherboard
Core i7 940 processor
not

i want to know which gpu is better , im not goin to be gettin another gpu for a while so i wont be usin SLI or Crossfire ... am also not goin to be ocin .. so i basically want to know which card will give the best performance when i playy games like crysis and far cry 2 ...

ive been reasearchin for weeks and cant make up my mind ... im currently thinking of goin for the 4870x2...


PLEASE HELP !!!!!!!!

where do you research, in your bathroom

4870x2 as simple as that

the reason i wasnt sure abt the 4870x2 is coz i always thought nvidia was a much better company and i also came across one site which said tht the gtx280 was much better ... cant remember wheere i read it though

If you see differing answers in other threads what makes you think this is any different?

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easy choice 4870x2

if your going with the i7 processor go with the 4870 regardless cause i have read that nvidia for some reason has well not bad but the ati runs better from what i have heard. I too am getting an i7 processor

+1............. knotknut