Hey everyone. I am currently building a "gaming" computer and needed some knowledge on the new GeForce 9800 graphics cards. My question is, should I put one GeForce 9800 GX2 1 GB or two GeForce 9800 GTX 512 MB cards. I want what will give me better performance and graphics.

Hi and welcome.

I guess the question would be, would there be any chance of wanting to upgrade further? Like, if you bought the GX2 now, maybe adding a second one down the line.

I always like to go with the fewest components possible in order to leave room for add-on upgrades instead of replacement upgrades.

Performance is going to be very good no matter what, and it might just come down to the deal you get and whether you would want to eventually SLI the X2.

I second Doc's reply.

The GX2 is probably the best choice for right now.

I do believe the (2) GTX cards in SLI would preform better overall due to having two separate 16x or 8x PCIe slots for bandwidth instead of having two GPU's sharing one PCIe 16x/8x bus. ...but, realistically either option would be overkill for quite some time. With the GX2 card being cheaper than (2) GTX's and getting about the same performance right now - it'd be the better option. Then you could add a second GX2 card later for SLI GX2's if you need to(plus card would be cheaper later).

I haven't had a GTX, but I really love my GX2. It's a huge card tho, was semi-difficult to fit into the case. Make sure you've got the room.
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Or, you could wait for the new 9900 graphics card.

Either way SLI doesn't give you 200% if you use two cards, it only gives 180%(Give or take a few %). So yea, getting the GX2 and maybe SLI two of them later would be the best choice.
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i would wait for the 9900gtx it come out soon.

this is what it looks like.
i might get it in a year or 2

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