Originally Posted by PC eye

eVGA makes some great cards as well as BGF and MSI. Once you are ready to upgrade the board and have the money for that the price will most likely have come down even further on that same model. $300+ is seen now since the line just came out but will drop once the next line is seen. In a couple of months the same card could seen for $250- or less if you catch a sale at that time.

You may as well want to plan ahead since the upgrade of board may likely see a cpu and memory change on top of the new card. That way you end up with a good mix for a new card to go with. That's when you will see the full potential once on a board that sees all 16 not just the 8x mode available.

For the present board while not being an SLI capable model with only one slot you can see where it would take SLI to go above the 8x mode. But you shop around a little to see if you spot a deal on a PCI-E 2.0 board in the meantime.

As for an older board no longer seen at newegg just run a search and you'll usually find a link to the manufacturer's own product or support page for looking up a particular model. Then you have the specifications there to look over since vendors sometimes make a goof when printing those up.