Ok... still trying to finish ordering parts to put together my new computer... down to just motherboard, memory, and graphics cards left to get.

I'm thinking that nvidia fermi looks too loud, hot, and power hungry for my tastes and that I'm going to go with radeon. My wife would shoot me if my computer made that much noise, so I'll at least get a current generation Radeon card now and then re-evaluate when the next generation of graphics cards comes out.

So... which setup would work best for triple 30" 2560 x 1600 displays? Graphics card budget is $1200 to $1600. I'm using NEC displays, so they do not have a display port input, only DVI-D.

I should say that I don't play a ton of bleeding edge 3D games. Everquest or Team Fortress II are typical of what I do. So a single 5870 might work. I would like to try out Batman and Bioshock though.

Single 5870. Approximately $420. Maybe all I need?!? Wait for next gen cards in the fall to go crazy on gpu's.

Single 5970. Approximately $700. Tough to find one for sale.

Single 5970 4GB. Approximately $1000. Not out yet.

Triple 5870's. Approximately $1260. Does this setup work good? Concerned about frame buffer size of 1GB per card.

Dual 5970's. Approximately $1400. Might be a good option.

Triple Fermi 480GTX's. Approximately $1500. Gets me PhysX.

Quad 5870's. Approximately $1700. Is this even possible?

Dual 5970 4GB. Approximately $2000. Over budget.

I considered going with 2GB 5870's, but I would then have to get three $120 dongles due to no display ports on the monitors. YICK. So that's likely not an option unless the adapters start selling for $25 instead of $125.

I'm considering getting an EVGA Classified motherboard. I'm worried that Crossfire X isn't supported on that motherboard, should that be a concern?

Thanks,
Bolas