If you cant get 2 cards now is it worth it?
If you spend say, in my case, £300/350 on an Nvidia (7800gtx 256) now, and try to get another one when they are a bit cheaper in 12/24 months time for about half that amount... would they still compete with the technology available then??
Would they still cut the mustard, when new higher spec cards, with more features, DX10, memory, speed etc... or would you be better off just selling the card and putting whatever you get (plus the £150/200 for the second one) towards the best you can get at that time with the same £300/350 budget?
I suppose what Im asking is do you think that a new card in say 18 months time for about £300/350, would be better than the 2 7800gtx's that I would be able to have at that time??
Im wondering cos im getting an DFI Expert, but have always been a fan of ATI.. which seem to give you more for your money than the nvidia counterpart... and am concerned that if I get an ATi card, then I am losing the ability of running SLI... hence the question above!!!
After a couple of months of waiting to build a new rig for my Opty 146 CABNE
... I can wait no longer.. and am ordering all my stuff soon, in fact next week... However, Nvidia new cards due out in March which will inevitably have a knock on efffect... and am tempted to wait for a decent VGA until then to keep SLI an option...?????
If you spend say, in my case, £300/350 on an Nvidia (7800gtx 256) now, and try to get another one when they are a bit cheaper in 12/24 months time for about half that amount... would they still compete with the technology available then??
Would they still cut the mustard, when new higher spec cards, with more features, DX10, memory, speed etc... or would you be better off just selling the card and putting whatever you get (plus the £150/200 for the second one) towards the best you can get at that time with the same £300/350 budget?
I suppose what Im asking is do you think that a new card in say 18 months time for about £300/350, would be better than the 2 7800gtx's that I would be able to have at that time??
Im wondering cos im getting an DFI Expert, but have always been a fan of ATI.. which seem to give you more for your money than the nvidia counterpart... and am concerned that if I get an ATi card, then I am losing the ability of running SLI... hence the question above!!!
After a couple of months of waiting to build a new rig for my Opty 146 CABNE
... I can wait no longer.. and am ordering all my stuff soon, in fact next week... However, Nvidia new cards due out in March which will inevitably have a knock on efffect... and am tempted to wait for a decent VGA until then to keep SLI an option...?????