Replacing 7900s GS.

Hi i am looking to replace my nvidia 7900s but dont want the latest top end graphics as the they are all £300+ but would like a noted improvement in performance.
I am a pc gamer and would like to keep to Nvidia cards, here is my rig.

Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.4GHz
4 Gigs DDR2-SDRAM PC2-5300
NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS x2 Dual
AGEIA PhysX 100 Series PCI Card
Creative SB Audigy 2 ZS (X-FI removed after vista install)
NVIDIA RAID Stripe 500 Gig (Dual HDD config)
Creative Inspire T7900 7:1 Speaker system.
Logitech G15 (Blue) Gamers keyboard.
Logitech MX518 Gamers Mouse.
Saitek Cyborg Evo.
Vista Home Premium SP1 x64

Thanks.

Hi Kayahaze,

XFX 8800GT Graphics cards are the second most powerfull cards around, Its either them or the latest 9Series from NVidia...how much do the 8800`s cost where you live?

Thanks for your reply.
Here are a few Amazon.co.uk: xfx 8800gt i understand the memory size difference but not the rest.

Also Amazon.co.uk: XFX Nvidia 9600GT

I am looking to run 2 but maybe buy 1 this month then the other the following month.

Also am i better with x2 8800gt or 1 880gtx.

Please advice thanks.

Morning,

Yeah if you run two in SLI mode, the performance when they are both linked is awesomely beautiful.

Hi and thanks for your reply, but i think my post was not very clear.

What i meant was are x2 8800gt better than 1 880gtx.

Yes they are...Its refered to SLI-mode when you have two graphics cards in operation.

Steven

Why the XFX and not the evga just out of curiosity? My (personal) experiences with both is that the XFX cost more and they don't have 24/7 LIVE customer support while EVGA does. Does XFX turn out a better product for some reason? I'm not disputing you, just seeking information.............

Yeah, I read (and was told) that if you have the two 8800's in SLI it was stupid to pay the extra cash for the new 9800's that I have, that it was almost impossible to see a difference. Of course I didn't HAVE any 8800's lol and stupidly bought the new stuff. I think I would have been more than happy with the 8800's at a considerably lower price than the two 9800gx2's that I ended up buying. I KNOW my wallet would have been happier lol.

That was just an example rather than a definite choice, after reading your post i will look at evga also.

Thanks for the info guys a great help.

Okay i looked for evga and over here there is a big price difference between them and xfx.

EVGA e-GeForce 8800 GT

xfx 8800 gt

Is it worth the price increase?. Also as atm i only have enough to buy one, would there be a noted improvement over my x2 7900 gs sli setup or is it better waiting another month and buy 2 at once.

Thanks.