Planning on upgrading my current setup to an i7 930 setup. I will be retaining my enermax galaxy 1000W power supply.
Purpose for the computer is mainly video capture/editing, with some gaming mixed in. Real Time Strategy/sometimes FPS like Crysis. Monitor Res is 1920x1200. But more concerned about future games like Starcraft 2, Diablo 3.. (PC specific games since I have an xbox360 and PS3 - which is what I capture with this PC).
first question really is, how will my dual 8800GTX's hold up as of today? and will moving to a single 285/470/480 be significant enough to justify it? or should I really be planning on a dual setup?
Budget really isn't an issue, going dual would just mean I keep my current setup longer and save up. But If a single 470/480 is still better than my current pairing, then thats probably what I may do at the same time I go i7.
Also, i've read that the 480 can be quite the power hog, so will my power supply be enough to eventually handle 2 (of either 470/480)? I don't think heat will be too big of an issue with my Antec 1200, but let me know otherwise.
Lastly, is it still worth it to look at the 200 series cards (like EVGA 012-P3-1178-TR GeForce GTX 275 CO-OP PhysX Edition 1280MB 448+192-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E1681...)?