I have been researching for a month or so now for my computer that I have tentatively planned to build in mid-January. I plan on getting the A8N Deluxe-SLI. I wanted to get a 6800 GT and then possibly get another one in a year or so. Seeing as my current maximum that I would ever see myself spending on a card is $400, the current 6800 GT PCI-E's that are priced at over $475 are over this limit and it doesn't seem like they are going down in price too much in the next month or so.
So, my new plan is this: Get two 6600 GT's upfront for around $375 for about the same performance as the 6800 GT. When the prices of the 6800 GT's drop to 300-350, sell both of the 6600GT's and purchase the 6800 GT. When the prices of the 6800 GT's drop a little more, purchase a second one. This plan seems good because the resale value of the 6600 GT should be pretty good as they are priced fairly cheaply anyway and there's 2 of them.
Can anyone see any major flaws of this plan or suggest a different one that will stay below my limit of $400?
On a side note: since a 6600 GT is 128-bit memory with 128 MB of memory, would two of them essentially give me 256-bit memory with 256 MB of memory or is there some bottleneck present with the 128-bit?
So, my new plan is this: Get two 6600 GT's upfront for around $375 for about the same performance as the 6800 GT. When the prices of the 6800 GT's drop to 300-350, sell both of the 6600GT's and purchase the 6800 GT. When the prices of the 6800 GT's drop a little more, purchase a second one. This plan seems good because the resale value of the 6600 GT should be pretty good as they are priced fairly cheaply anyway and there's 2 of them.
Can anyone see any major flaws of this plan or suggest a different one that will stay below my limit of $400?
On a side note: since a 6600 GT is 128-bit memory with 128 MB of memory, would two of them essentially give me 256-bit memory with 256 MB of memory or is there some bottleneck present with the 128-bit?
A month from now they should be cheaper!
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