Dwarf you better have SLI'd 7950s to get your monies worth.... 1400 bucks? yeeeeeks. I think these cpus raise a concept recently dismissed on this forum...
FUTURE PROOF. When you are so drastically gpu limited with even 7900gts, you have a ton of overclocking and unused clockspeed that will eventually be utilized within the next few months. I say go with the cheapest conroe and overclock it. with the $$$$ you save, you could buy a SWEEEET SLI system and still not even come close to being Cpu limited. TRUUUUST ME. check the benchmarks.