Upgrade from a 7800GTX

[mcdermotx]

Lads,
my trusty BFG 7800GTX has served me well but the time has come to upgrade......putting together a Conroe system, so the graphics could use a jump..
Running on a Dell 24inch so would be aiming to run a lot of stuff at 1920x1200..
Was planning to keep hold of the 7800 until the Dx10 cards appear, but for various reasons I may leave the Dx10 until the middle of next year.

Options :-
1. Bite the bullet and go with an X1950 or 7950GX2..
2. Pick up an X1900..

Running on a DFI SLI-DR paired up with an FX-53 at the moment, but the card will end up in my Conroe as soon as the motherboard situation sorts itself out.
Chances are I'll end up with an NForce590 SLI so that may affect the purchase of an ATI, although I'm not married to it..
Have any lads out there jumped from a 7800GTX 256 to one of the above and if so, was it worth it ?
If I go with an X1900, would you lads go for a Crossfire Edition, such as the HIS, and hope that it can clock upto XTX levels, or just bite the bullet and go with the XTX ?
Not 100% certain of going down the Crossfire/SLI route due to the proximity of the Dx10 cards hence the confusion and the Nforce5/Intel 975/965 motherboard dilemma only adds to the problem..

Appreciate any responses lads..

 

[mcdermotx]

yeah, spend it on something you actually want or need

a graphics upgrade you dont need

Cheers for the replies lads,
just wondering what the likes of a X1900 would do for me.......the 7800 is a great card, but the upgrade bug gets me when I see the likes of FEAR and Call of Duty 2having a little difficulty pushing all effects maxed out around......plus the likes of the Call of Juarez demo doing the rounds.
It just doesn't have the smoothness at the high resolutions that I need anymore.

 

[mcdermotx]

just clock your card and it wil, hold out a little lomgger

Maybe, but maybe I'm a little hampered having one of the 256mb 7800.........didn't FEAR and such show big improvement at high resolutions with 512mb cards ?

Edit...
Ooops.............meant to say that the FX system will still need a graphics card, so the 7800 could stay in that setup if I wanted to keep it up and running.
So how about an X1900 or 7950 in the Conroe ?

 

[mcdermotx]

Decided to pick up a HIS X1900 Master card,,
Decent value at the moment, should be able to clock it to XTX levels and I'll be able to sell it on to a X1900XT owner when I decide to go DX10..
Cheers for the replies lads..