azzinoth :
Also to save additional money I got a really nice offer:
Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce 9800GTX+ 1GB GDDR3 DVI PCIe 2.0 for 150,00 EUR.
Since is in same range as Ge Force 260... for nearly half a price I think is a good deal for a least a few months until I try to CF two ATI GPUs.
Opinions opinions pls
9800GTX+ is a nice card, but it is not as good as the GTX260-216.
SLI/crossfire has been a poor upgrade path in the past. It should be used only by
those who will not currently be satisfied by the fastest available single vga card
which is currently the GTX295. The 4870, or GTX260-216
offer very good performance for the money now.
To get SLI. you have to spend more up front for a SLI capable mobo,a
more powerful SLI capable PSU, and better case cooling. Upgrading a single card later with a
second equal card does not get you 2x increase, it is more like 1.3x to 1.8x depending on the game.
At that time, you will still be paying top dollar for a card that is closer to
being obsolete.
It would be better to sell the old card and use the proceeds
towards a better new generation single card.
I think your upgrade plan would be better if you planned to sell the 9800GTX+ and replace it with a good jump to something like a GTX285.
If you just got a very good card like the 4870 or GTX260-216 up front you probably would be happy for a long time.