i'm still looking around and either way i won't be able to buy anything for at least 4 months and by then who knows, there could be some new super powerfull graphics card for the same price as these, or these could drop a bunch. right now i'm just looking at a rough estimation of what i am saving towards. currently i'm looking at between $4,000 and $5,000 for a completely new computer, and this is just a rough estimation. i'm also trying to decide between 2 of the 4870x2's Xfired and 3 way sli with the GTX280's. both seem to be about the same and have there own advantages and disadvanteges but i'm mostly looking for performance, cost isn't a verey big issue.