gamer video board 299

It isn't just the motherboard. Out of the box motherboards that use the same chip sets, unless pushed, tend to perform similarly although differences in price can, but not always, reflect differences in build quality and hence long term reliability. In truth there are some amazing bargain priced motherboards out there. Ah, but what type of motherboard and what platform? Do want to use two video cards and do you understand what is availiable now and what ATI is promising? Do you understand the differences between Nvida 64 bit chip sets and Intel 64 bit chip sets? Do you understand the difference between 32 and 64 bit technologies? Do you understand the difference in how AMD and Intel implement 64 bit technologies? Do you understand the differences between AMD dual core and Intel dual core technologies? Why one is good and one is about to be abandoned as a cobbled together me-too product? Do you even need or want dual core processing? Do you understand if or how differences in memory and bus speed may or may not be important? Do you understand how or if to overclock? Is AGP a quaint term out of the distant past or something you equate with PCIe? Do you understand why you may or may not want to use RAID and the differences between different types of RAID arrays? Do you understand how to ensure adequate cooling for high end, high speed, very hot components? This is something understimated by many do it yourselfers (as well as corporate vendors!). Your humble correspondent has seen home built and manufactured desktops that could double as a furnace for a small apartment building. In truth there are several smaller vendors who can build you a very high end, dual card-dual 64 bit core Raid arrayed system for less than you can build it yourself and with a warranty to boot. You might want to check them out.