Which would you pick RIGHT NOW for gaming ?

[Jrams116]

I have a choice to make right now and I dont know which is better for flat out gaming. The Geforce 9800gx2 or the gtx 260 core 216. I know those arent quite the best cards right now but im not trying to waste too much money since ill be needing it soon (freakin college). So which one would flat out perform better ?

 

[Mousemonkey]

GTX 260 out of those two.

 

[shubham1401]

Those will perform nearly the same.
But GTX 260 has some advantages:

1.It is a single card while 9800GX2 is 2 cards on same chip/So GTX 260 has lower power consumption.

2.GTX 260 produces less heat.

3.9800GX2 is outdated.

 

[mactronix]

GTX 260 for the above reasons {or is that reasons above ?}

Mactronix