Appreciate the responses, but I am not going conroe. I am taking suggestions as to video cards. I am looking at a $400-$500 video card budget.
option 1: go with asus/dfi SLI board and get 2 nvidia cards
option 2: go with asus/dfi crossfire board and get 1 x1900xt/x
This will be a gaming machine but the guy mostly plays WoW and everquest.
background: My friend is his wife, I don't even know the guy. She makes good money as an Engineer and she wants to get him a kick ass b-day present. He probably doesn't need even close to the amount of machine I am going to get him. My main question is whether a system that will most likely not be upgraded (probably not ever) that I need before sept 1 (no waiting for AM2 to get better) should I go with 939 or AM2. For personal reasons no intel. Yes I am a fanboy, flame if you want, I want to have my way with AMD, har har, whatever, no intel.