What would be better...

[JK949]

What SINGLE card would be better than 2 stock 8800GT's for gaming in general ?

Other components ect.. Q9450, 4 gig 6400 ram, Asus P5N-D in an Antec 900 case.
750 watt power supply. Good air flow.

Thinking 9800GTX, HD 4870 or GT260 ???????

 

[dmw16]

Check my post here:
http://forums.anandtech.com/me...=2222256&enterthread=y

Different topic, but there are links towards the end that have a lot of good benchmarks that may help your decision. Also consider that not all cards work well in SLI. If it were me, I'd be one current card as opposed to two older ones.

 

[LOUISSSSS]

i'd take one 4870 instead of 2 lesser cards.

less chances of failure, less heat, less power draw

 

[Cheex]

The HD 4870 is a good deal right now and so is the GTX 260 if you like Nvidia products.

 

[JK949]

You think the 4870 512 would be faster than 2 8800 GT 512's in SLI ? I wouldn't mind one
less heat source and a tad more room in my case. One problem would be no future
SLI with the 4870. Shame since I can get it cheaper than the 260 even at retail
outlets like Micro center and Frys near me. I'm not gaming much but when
I get the urge I want good frame rates and graphics. Any other thoughts ?

Just read the links mentioned. The 9800GTX wasn't all that bad a card either.
I can pick up one of those for dirt cheap, well under $200. Problem is the
not much, if any at all, performance gain over my 2 8800 GT's.

 

[dmw16]

If you already have 2 cards then SLI them, however, if I was making the choice right now assuming you had no cards, I would get a 1 card solution. SLI is merely a stop-gap solution for not having enough horsepower in one GPU (industry has been here before, remember the Voodoo2?). Anyway, I think that 1 card is better than 2 especially if you don't game 24/7.