Finalizing Setup

[Ronnie]

for the mobo if you cant afford a high end one get a gigabyte ds3. if you can afford it go with an abit aw9d or even a msi 975x which is a little cheaper

 

[maroon1]

2. Your choice.

According to these benchmark, 7950GX2 is is faster than the Radeon X1950 XTX in the majority of the games that was tested
http://xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/quality_vs_quantity_19.html
http://xtreview.com/review141.htm

And the 7950GX2 just cost $484.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814170103

Its exspensive

No, it is not going to be expensive. The 8800GTS will cost around $449-499.