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Crossfire vs single 8800
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Most of the forum unfortunatly 
Although I would highly suggest two X1900XT cards or even two 7900GTO/GTX cards instead of a pair of the heavily overpriced X1950XTX, which quite frankly aren't as cost effective as one 8800GTX.
The two cards are slightly faster, but have slightly less image quality.
I say take two 7900GTOs, you'll save yourself over £100, get near identical performance, and in most games you're not going to notice the image quality anyway. They're damn fine cards, those GTOs - they clock to GTX speeds out of the box.
If you must have a single card, then it would be far better to wait. You're looking at two or three months, and we're going to have a refresh and also R600, which at worst will drive prices down. Win win!
Although I would highly suggest two X1900XT cards or even two 7900GTO/GTX cards instead of a pair of the heavily overpriced X1950XTX, which quite frankly aren't as cost effective as one 8800GTX.
The two cards are slightly faster, but have slightly less image quality.
I say take two 7900GTOs, you'll save yourself over £100, get near identical performance, and in most games you're not going to notice the image quality anyway. They're damn fine cards, those GTOs - they clock to GTX speeds out of the box.
If you must have a single card, then it would be far better to wait. You're looking at two or three months, and we're going to have a refresh and also R600, which at worst will drive prices down. Win win!
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i would allways go single card, yes dual card systems can be very very powerfull but from the amount of posts on here i would say dual is never the easy option. if you got the cash get the most powerufll single card you can.
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Yeah id go single card to, the GTX is as fast as the 2x x1950 XTX's, its faster in some games, slightly slower in others, costs less and uses a lot less power, and gives out a lot less heat. 
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Just set the money aside and wait for the 8800's to reach a reasonable price. When ATI brings at a card that competes against it the prices are gonna drop so fast.
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when are ATI's DX 10 cards going to be revealed/released?
