8800 > 8600
I honestly would go for 8600 in your situation.
But like other has mentioned. 8600 is still good enough for games such as Orange Box.
but since you put 8800GTS as one of your option, you can settle cheap 8800GT for 40 bucks more. (But than you need better PSU ~__~ )
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Originally Posted by Garret
Heavier games though at higher resolutions will require the 3870 or 8800GT, but that is referring to crysis etc (which almost no card today can play well... 3 way 8800GTS SLI anyone?).
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3 Way SLi is too pricy
NVIDIA 3-Way SLI review roundup - Engadget
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Originally Posted by engadget
No use kidding around: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 3-Way SLI kicks benchmark ass. Reviewers across the board found the setup to be far and away the best money can buy when it comes to graphics, but the price is certainly steep. Not only are the cards super pricey -- you're limited to the 8800 GTX and 8800 Ultra -- but you'll need a 1000+ watt power supply, and pretty much a fresh system from the ground up unless you're already running the nForce 680i SLI motherboard. PC Perspective crunched the numbers, and you're looking at about $2828 in costs before you even get to the case, hard drive, DVD drive and all that other superfluous stuff. That said, the third card really makes a big difference, since performance scales surprisingly well with the addition. You probably don't need this kind of power if you're not trying to game at full-res on a 30-incher, but if you don't mind dropping $3k on a system purely designed to play Crysis at Very High, then you just might have some 3-way SLI in your future.
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