nVidia and ATI now both offered on the Reactor!

As mentioned here previously, competition in the video card market is a good thing, and we're very happy that ATI/AMD managed to pull off a comeback. Many of us in the industry were surprised when the HD 4870 X2 took the performance crown away from nVidia after such a lackluster 18 months.

While we typically favor the performance side of "price to performance" in selecting options for our Reactor, we're a little on the fence in choosing between these two companies' high-end parts:

ATI: Slightly more bang for your buck, runs hotter and louder.
nVidia: Almost as good speed per dollar, runs quieter and cooler.

Since this has truly become a personal preference issue, we've decided to offer up both products. The Reactor now offers the following lineup of cards (each option is progressively more powerful):

1 x ATI HD 4870 512MB overclocked to 800MHz
1 x nVidia GTX 260 overclocked to 655MHz (new 216 core version)
1 x nVidia GTX 280 overclocked to 650MHz
1 x ATI HD 4870 X2 1GB overclocked to 780MHz
2 x nVidia GTX 280 overclocked to 650MHz (SLI)
2 x ATI HD 4870 X2 1GB overclocked to 780MHz (Crossfire)