SLI / Crossfire or neither confused & help with planning

[byngo]

Hi guys,
I am planning a new gaming rig and like most people im on a budget.
I have decided to go for an intel E6750 (or possibly something lower down but O'clocked).
I have read that its best to stick to intel chipsets such as p35 for an intel CPU but the chipset would also decide whether I go with SLI or Crossfire. This would be with a view for expansion if needed further down the line. It also affects my PSU choice unless i change that later aswell. Further more I have read that there is often poor Game/driver support for multiple GPU's especially with crossfire. (that bit confusses me a little)

Anyway, I am finding M/B choice to be difficult enough as it is so my questions are:

Should I focus on a single GPU board with an intel chipset and probably an 8800GT G/fix card and be confident all will be fine?
Or, dont worry too much about the chipset and go for either SLI support or crossfire support.
Also, should I be worrying about choosing PCI-Ex16(ver 2)or not.

Thanks in advance
Byngo.

 

[BUFF]

The question is do you really see yourself using 2 gfx cards at some point (remember that ther are also 2 gpu on 1 card solutions)?
& usually what decides that is the resolution & size of screen that you will be displaying on.

Chances are that you'll be just fine on a P35 chipset mobo.

 

[byngo]

thanks for that advice, i guess the trouble is I dont really understand what the main driver (reason) is for two cards. Is it simply res & screen size or aside of that, a better frame rate & higher game settings.

P.S I often play games on a 32" Toshiba HD LCD TV over VGA. (native res 1366 X 768) if that should influence my decision.