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    I think i have my build done... some advise would be great.

    Yea, i think i have decided on the 4870, only 300 dollars and its near the 280.. i know the 280 does a lot of non traditional GPU things, but i will mostly be playing games. And the money saved i can put it into a better processor. Speaking of that my friend and i were having a debate today and...
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    I think i have my build done... some advise would be great.

    The Radeon 4870 looks good, actually really good, when did that card come out? Would it still run with my nvidia motherboard? What about crossfire? seems crazy to have an Intel CPU, with a nvidia chipset and a Radeon GPU
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    I think i have my build done... some advise would be great.

    Well the whole building it a little at a time thing is so i dont have to spend a crap load of money at once, and its more like a learning process, taking my time deciding on each item and such, but i do see your point. I might save up and get the MOBO,CPU, and GPU all at the same time to make...
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    I think i have my build done... some advise would be great.

    Thanks for the reply, i am looking into the Nvidia 260 now. It is a little bit more in price but i think that it might be better to future proof my system, a 280 would be nice... but damn that is expensive, i dont think my wife would let me spend that much on something that comes in such a...
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    I think i have my build done... some advise would be great.

    My budget is not really an issue. I plan to buy one component every couple of weeks, as to spread it out. I know its torture, but i think it would be fun, and that way i can really spend what i want on each component and take my time learning how to install it and not break anything. ( This is...