What is the best video card 780i 3-way SLI XFX nforce mobo can use ?

[pderanian]

Have a COre 2 Quad Q 9550 overclocked to 3.4 MHz. With the motherboard above, would what be the ideal graphics card to update a Nvidia 260 GTX/896 MB ?

 

[de5_Roy]

may be a radeon 6870 or 7850, depending on budget and the rest of the specs, like psu.
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[pderanian]

Best answer selected by pderanian.

 

[Jim Barnes]

Have a COre 2 Quad Q 9550 overclocked to 3.4 MHz. With the motherboard above, would what be the ideal graphics card to update a Nvidia 260 GTX/896 MB ?

Since its a 3 way sli mobo and uses nvidia 780 chipset would it not be best to add 2 x 260 GTX and take full advantage of its capabilities. Using ATI card/s will not give you crossfire as sli is Nvidia tech