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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Steel_Wind" data-source="post: 3146692" data-attributes="member: 20741">CPU: E6600 Core 2 DuoMobo: ASUS P5N32-SLI Premium (w/ NForce 590 chipset.  This mobo was just released and differs from the Deluxe version which does not use the 590 chipset.)RAM: 2 x1 GB OCZ DDR2 800 RAMVideo: eVGA 7950GX2 Sound: Creative X-Fi XtremeMusicSeagate (16mb) Sata II 320 HD Sonata II case with 450 watt psFor monitors I have been using a Dell 2005 FPW as my main monitor for about a year now. I grabbed an Acer AL1916AB 19" LCD Panel as a secondary panel. This was not much more $$ than a 17" panel or I would have just got a 17" as a secondary monitor.  Yes, for serious development, the NWN2 toolset cries out for a second monitor - but a 17" will do and so will any old CRT you have lying around if your desk will allow it to fit. 7950GX2 SLI will not drive 2 monitors in SLI mode, and the secondary display automatically turns off when you use SLI. I splurged on the motherboard which hit the market only this month and supports Quad SLI with another 16xPCIE slot for a physics card should I feel the need. I went with the eVGA 7950 as I might want to pick another one up next year and I wanted to play it a little safe with the choice of my vid card manufacturer.  If I was to buy a new "primary" monitor, I would probably have grabbed the Acer AL2216WBD 22" Wide-Screen LCD Panel --- 5ms - 1680x1050. It's about the equivalent of the Dell and the price is a lot lower than a Dell 2005FPW or 2007WFP (current equivalent Dell model).With a 1680x1050 monitor, I felt that a 7950GX2 was necessary to drive it at that resolution with a decent frame rate and all eye candy on. If you are just going to run the game at 1024x768 or at 1280x1024, you would be much better off getting a single eVGA 7900GTO video card if you can find one. The 7900GTO was a limited release card with *slightly* slower memory designed to dump NVidia's flagship 7900GTX cores they had in stock to make way for the DX10 cards hitting the market in the next few months. The 7900GTO is a 7900GTX for $253.  The are sold out just about everywhere though but if you can find one they are the best value on the market right now. I could not find one from anyplace that ships to Canada so I got 7950GX2. If I could have found the 7900GTO, I would have ordered two of those instead.Release of the new 8800 core DX10 cards will be available in the USA via NewEgg around November 8. They will not show up in Canada until January, however, and I was not prepared to wait that long. You might consider getting one of these instead.If not, the 7950GT is also a fine choice if you are not running NWN2 at high resolutions or not being overly concerned about frame rate and  if you do.</blockquote>

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