I bought my Crosshair for £130 delivered new so i guess Q1 2008 should be fine to get good use out of it then flog on ebay for £80++

Cant you get any more Mhz from you CPU?, you had 250x14 benchable on your last mobo!... more mhz would see you past 14K for sure!! Tell you mate he should of bought His Edition as they allways use in top end cards the best binned cores

With two cards seems performence boost is mostly in HDR1 sector! others not improved vastly..

In crossfire what temps you get loaded?, for highest temps i find Age of Empires 3 does the best 5-10C hotter then any thing else ive used!! 2 hour game im seeing 85C with one card is very well ventilated case