High End Graphics Cards!?

Hi I'm Planning on Building my computer yet that is in another forum this one is about graphics hopfully you guys can help me out with this one and possibly alot of others.

Well out of these cards below what one comes out top and what ones go in Sli - Crossfire ? thanks

gtx260

gtx280

9800GTX

9800GX2

and im not sure about ATI.

thanks for your help!! xD

Well my first question would be (obviously):

what's your price range? lol

Ok My budget is gonna be £1000 - £1200. This is everything that i have mentioned below.

I Have Had Some help Allready And Have Put This Together Though Im Not Sure On Compatibility.

video: Geforce gtx 280 \Or/// Geforce 9800 gx2,

cpu: intel core2quad q9550, 2.8ghz 12mb cache,

mobo: asus p5q pro, intel p45 chipset \OR/// MSI P45 (Whats The Difference between Diamond + Platinum?)

ram: 2x2gb ddr2-1066, cl5, £60

hard drive: western digital 640gb,

Case: NOT PICKED

power supply: NOT PICKED

dvd: LG GGC-H20L, dvd burner, blu-ray/hd-dvd reader,

tell us your thoughts please

dvd: LG GGC-H20L, dvd burner, blu-ray/hd-dvd reader,

Katvood

You honestly want to spend $160 on that? Will you be using this PC to watch Blu-Ray/HD-DVD movies on a high resolution screen?

Hi I'm Planning on Building my computer yet that is in another forum this one is about graphics hopfully you guys can help me out with this one and possibly alot of others.

Well out of these cards below what one comes out top and what ones go in Sli - Crossfire ? thanks

gtx260

gtx280

9800GTX

9800GX2

and im not sure about ATI.

thanks for your help!! xD

Katvood

gtx 280 would be the best but ati offerings are btter for them oney get two 4870 and run them in crossfire for less then one gtx 280 and better performance.

Nice Thanks for your help i heard that the performance change was only 3fps in crysis. And that Gtx280 beats it in other games but thanks dude ill look into that.

No Your right i wont be whats a good Dvd Drive that isn't blu ray but can copy cd's Dvd and is fast for gaming ?Katvood

Any $40 dvd burner should do fine.

And just crossfire 2 4850 they give better performance than a single GTX280.

If you want a 9800gx2 you will need a 780i sli mobo

more power supply

etc,etc.

same with other cards, you need to re-configure your whole rig to change your video card. but seriously, if thats your budget, get two HD4850s, which should do what a 9800gx2 should do, and for cheaper. but games need to support Sli/crossfire. Some games dont have SLI, so the 9800gx2 cant use both GPU cores, so it basically becomes a 8800GT. and with the two HD4850s, with no sli/Crossfire games, it will out-preform the 9800GX2 in both cases IMO.