nforce 680i and two 7900gtx's or 975x and two x1959xtx?

[cosmicosmo]

I'm building a system right now and having a hell of a time deciding whether or not to get a 975x based mobo and 2 x1950xtx cards or one of those new evga nforce 680i based motherboards and 2 7900gtx's. The price will end up being about the same. If I get the nforce board then I'm confined to nvidia cards only. If I get the 975x then I may consider upgrading when ATI releases its dx10 cards.

Considering the equal price, upgrade options, and most importanly -- your personal preference (and why), which would you choose? Thanks!

 

[Willz]

2 X1950XTX cards will beat 2 7900GTX's so i would recommend going with the ATi option, or buying one Nvidia 7950GX.

Nvidia have just released there DX10 cards, the 8800GTX and the 8800GTS, The GTS is £381 not sure how much there selling in the us, but anyway, they would easilly beat either of those options above i rekon, but maybe your aiming to go ATi for DX10?

If you get the Nvidia motherboard, i dont belive you will be stuck to Nvidia cards only, you can run 1 ATi card, so with Nvidia Sli motherboards you cant do 2 ATi cards and with ATi Crossfire baords you cant do 2 Nvidia cards.

 

[Big B]

Yup. Going with an ATi-based motherboard, the only thing you can't do is run SLI and vise versa. Now, this is a driver limitation, so it's not the hardware. Unfortunately, there's no official support for unsupported platforms, and nVidia, at least, tends to quash ways around this.

One thread is enough, however.

 

[Exfoliate]

The X1950XTX's would really kill the 7900's but keep in mind that a single 8800GTX is close to the power of two X1950's in certain tests.