dont make me slap you
sli or crossfire is a waste of time and money, the only time i would EVER recomend it is if someone has already got the fastest processor, the fastest ram and the fastest single graphics card and wants MORE gaming performace.... then and ONLY THEN would i ever recomend an SLI configuration. under any other circumstance i would feel like im cheating a customer out of their money, their is no way i could justify doing that to someone...
their is only 2 tests that i really care about when it comes to video cards
1) noise levels, if it makes lots a noise, its shit
2) drivers... and for as long as i can remember ATIs drivers have been poo!
as far as perfromance is concenred both brands are winth in a very small % of each other... nvidia just win out on noise and drivers imo
SLI-ing 2 8800gts (even the 640mb ones) for gaming on 30" screens is a waste of money, you wont get the required performance coz they are just too small.. you need GTX or Ultras as they hame many more stream procs etc!
oh btw, have you heard MSY's prices are going up?? lol, they are having to start buying from aus suppliers and hence cant keep their prices down =P