More RAM or Second Video Card???

As long as your power supply can handle it, then the second option would be the best one.

I would take 600 bucks and buy one big ass HD 5970 over xfire HD 5850s less you have a HD 5850 now. You wont see anything from 12 gigs of ram games.

So 12 Gigs is overkill, that's kinda what I thought...
Another Video card question, is a single 256-bit memory interface card better than xfire 128-bit interfaces?

yes

Alright one last question, would just one of the 5850 be enough to have games run smoothly, or would a comparable Nvidia with a higher interface be a better way to go?

I would take the 2nd 5850 over the extra RAM. You could also consider a 5970.

Whats your monitors rez ? that would help a lot to help you chiose the best GPU

1920x1080

Best answer selected by dhjagsfan.

Thanks a bunch man, here's my full list if you could let me know if it looks like a good system for gaming


GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD3R LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard


Radeon HD 5850 (Cypress Pro) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card w/ATI Eyefinity


ENERMAX PRO82+ EPR625AWT 625W ATX12V Ver.2.3 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Compatible w/Core i7 Active PFC Power Supply


Intel Core i7-920 Bloomfield 2.66GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80601920


G.SKILL Trident 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2000 (PC3 16000) Triple Channel Kit

Western Digital VelociRaptor WD3000HLFS 300GB 10000 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5

ASUS VH235T-P Black 23" 5ms Widescreen Full HD 1080p LCD Monitor -

Pioneer CD/DVD Writer Black SATA Model DVR-S18M LabelFlash


I've never been able to play hardware demanding games and want to make sure I will be set up at least for couple years to play the latest and greatest

thanks again man

I read that was a good PSU but you could buy this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... its a grate PSU and if your not going to add a 2nd GPU will be grate.

Cheeper RAM with lower CL http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

The VelcoRaptor Is a lot for the spped you get a Samsung F3 1T would be almost as fast http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... and you get a lot more room. < i would use that and save up for 6 to 8 months then look into say a 120 gig SSD for your OS and programs then use the HDD for storage