Help upgrading to new GPU

get the 4870 or GTX260, your CPU will bottleneck the 4850x2 too much.

I guess I should have also stated that I'm looking to upgrade everything. I'm looking at a Phenom II Quad-Core CPU.

then get the 4850 x2 1GB

I had the GTX 260 core 216, 1GB DDR2, and it was FLAWLESS. I regret stepping up to the GTX 285.

Well, since you already have one 9800GT getting another one to run in SLI would be a cost effective option IFyou already had an SLI board. For an AMD CPU there are only a few good choices for an SLI board since many of them don't have BIOS updates to allow them to accept AM3 CPUs for whatever reason. There is only one board that uses the nVidia 980a and that's the

ASUS M4N82 Deluxe
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

It's an AM2+ board so you can use your current CPU for now and it will accept AM3 CPUs. It's designed to be an AM3 chipset but no board maker has decided to man an AM3 board out of it. Anyway if you're looking at a new phenom system I say go with the 4870. The 4850X2 won't do you too much good now since alot of the benefit will be taken up by the CPU overhead of crossfire and thus the 4870 would probably do better with your CPU.

Thnx for all the help. I will definitely take this info into consideration. If anyone else has any opinions, please let me know. I want to get as much information as possible.

make that 2 who think you should SLI the 9800GT's