Vid Card Suggestions

[nmaf]

i am going with a new i7 system, and i'm pretty sure the p6t deluxe.

i haven't looked at video cards in ages, i bought the 9800 pro AIW way back in the day ($589 + tax!), and haven't bought one since.

i have a dell 2407fpw 1920x1200 monitor, and want a video card setup that will allow me to play games at full 19x12 resolution.

from looking at some quick recent-ish benchmarks online, it seems like 2 4850's in CF would be a pretty decent setup, and for around $450 (i'm in canada. getting the shaft.)

2x 4850 = $450
2x 4870 = $620
1x 4870 x2 2gb = $699

2x gtx260 896mb = $660


i could go either ati/nv i don't really care, and i'm not a very big gamer, but when i do play, i'd like to max out at 19x12 without issue.

the money issue, for me, isn't a big deal, but, try explaining to my fiance why i need to spend $600 for "occasional gaming"

 

[cusideabelincoln]

You should look into the HD4850 X2. Performance is pretty close to the HD4870X2 and it's much cheaper.It will offer more performance than two HD4850s since each GPU in the HD4850X2 has 1GB of memory:
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/P...x?Item=N82E16814102809

If you were to consider buying two separate cards, then for about $550 you can grab two GTX 260s and utilize SLI. You should get a little better performance since SLI scales better than Crossfire in more games.