I'll be going for a new PC (from an old athlon xp with radeon 9800), I want to be able to max out quality settings and still get strong fps. Resolution probably fairly high. I'm thinking of going with a 3 ghz Wolfdale core duo, a GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3R motherboard (unlikely to ever go SLI or crossfire), with 4 gig ram if that helps.
Seems like there is alot of conflicting information on when a point of diminishing returns is reached in regard to graphics cards and second life. Is a GTX 260 actually better than 9800 GTX in actual sl usage, for example?