Re: A new PC config

Those high end Nvidia cards are sort of ridiculous. The FX5800 has high res. SD output if that is something you need. You can get a Blackmagic card with HD-SDI output now for $295 so I don't think it's worth it at all. That CX card has acceleration for Adobe CS4. I'm always skeptical of purpose built hardware as it usually too specialized and limited. You would be much better off IMO to build a cheap-o quad core render box or two and save your $$$. As to which card to actually get as I said I got a 9800gt for $100 recently and it rocks. I needed a single slot lower power card to go in to a Shuttle enclosure though. Looks like the GTX 260 hits the sweet spot of performance / price right now. If you are doing heavy duty 3d work then maybe it's worth it buying a better card but we do heavy 3d here and the graphics cards aren't the slowdown. Having enough CPU horsepower to crank through frames is. Tom's Hardware is a good reference for this kind of stuff.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-geforce-price,2323.html

Good luck!