The GX2 is hard to ignore...

[BlueAqua]

I'm optimistic. I really look forward to a very slick single pci-e card. I hope the support stays strong and it lives up to they hype once many more people have them.

[Talonman]

It is ther Top Card right now... I would think they would want to make it run as fast as possible. They may have more '2 in 1' cards in store for us down the road. They need a strike here. Nothing less will do! They have to make us believe there is no searous down side to internal SLI GPU's.

I bet the official 25th Quad SLI driver will impress too...

Not an option for me, but I bet the Quad boys will enjoy it.

I am in intel based mobo fan by nature, but if Quad SLI turnes out to be untouchable.. until next year... nVidia will sell more mobo's between now and then just because of the GX2.

If I had to chose between mobo's right now, I would have to confess I might be more inclined to go SLI compatible.

The GPU is more important to me than the mobo I guess...

I still love my Maximus, but if I was buying now... hmmmm.

[Buckeye]

Check one out on your current rig first Talon.

I would be a shame to tear down that great machine for a new mobo with out seeing if everything works great for you with the Max board.

[Talonman]

No worries... I am keeping it. Besides, my wife would kill me...

I would never get to enjoy the new mobo!

I just think the GX2 is that good, that it's going to sell more new SLI motherboards until new tech cards are out.
I think people in general when building a new system think GPU first, and mobo second.
I never thought I would be an SLI guy. The new 9800 GTX won't give me 1920 x 1200 in Crysis. I think the GX2 is my best bet... Hello SLI! Suprise..

I have been very satisfied thus far with the stock card's performance. I hope soon that they will release a driver that scales well with overclocks though.

I wonder if that is why nVidia told EVGA they had to wait two weeks to release an OC GX2 model? It was in that cbit video. http://youtube.com/watch?v=lfaigoUzSxI

[Buckeye]

I really wanted the Striker II Extreme but I cannot seem to find one up for sale yet.

But I saw people I trust using the EVGA 790i Ultra so I went with that. I will still end up getting a Striker for later testing.

My plan on the build is to bench it out first with 1 9800gx2, then install the second and bench again just to see the dif between 1 and 2 cards.

[Talonman]

I really wanted the Striker II Extreme but I cannot seem to find one up for sale yet.

But I saw people I trust using the EVGA 790i Ultra so I went with that. I will still end up getting a Striker for later testing.

My plan on the build is to bench it out first with 1 9800gx2, then install the second and bench again just to see the dif between 1 and 2 cards.

Good deal, you can see how efficient you Quad SLI is working...

Opps the 2 weeks wasen't in that video.. Can't remember where I saw it now...

Oh well... soon I hope on the OC model!

Good luck on the Striker II Extreme hunt too...