2 cards that would out perform 1 gtx 275

2 x 4850 (crossfire), though it would be close enough to just get a single card

might want to wait, ATI HD5XXX series is due out very soon, 5850 @ #300 (the 5870 is $400, sounds out of your budget though, its faster than a GtX295 by a little bit)
 

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im going to wait, my budget is around 1,300 and i have everything except for the video card and im at $841 right now. so i have roughly $450-500 to spend on a video card...lots of options
i changed a few things in my list. (taking out the monitor cause i am happy with the one i have and i also took out the gtx 275 and the price dropped a lot)