Is it better to have two average graphics cards, or one great graphics card?

I am working on building a new PC for gaming. The motherboard supports two SLI ready graphics cards. I was wondering if I should go with two GeForce 7600 graphics cards or one GeForce 7900 graphics card.

Is it better to have two average graphics cards, or one great graphics card?
Dude, if it were me I would fork over just a little more moolah for the GeForce 7950 GX2, hardware tests blow the 7600's out of the water and then when you get greedy, and you will, you can add another 7950 and jump up to quad SLI!!!!!! OH MY GOD QUAD SLI!
Reply:It's better to have one in terms of spending the little extra bit of a cash for quality. Kinda like a quality verse quantity type thing.
Reply:One great one will be good choice.... GeForce 7900
Reply:the two 7600s' wont beat the one 7900 .. tho it will be close ... you would be better off getting 1 7950 now .. then another later on ... sli is great but you dont gain anything unless you sli two good cards ... i have two 7800gts' and they about equal a 7900gtx and smoke a 7900gt any time of the day.. just a tad better in benchmarks, but when i got them the idea was to beat a 7800gtx and the top of the line ati cards which they did .. its still an awesome setup but the latest games are starting to tax the limits with all the game settings maxed ...
Reply:lol. So long answer short :


Use one card!
Reply:Whats the point of having 2? Just get a great video card!
Reply:If you had to average cards connected, or one great card, the great one would out do the 2 average ones. A great card has more pixel pipelines, faster core clock speed, memory clock speed, and the better ones use the ram more efficiently. So, get the single great one over the 2 average ones.
Reply:It wouldnt do much good considering you can only use one at a time!
Reply:One great one would be much better. A good picture is worth a thousand words, a bad picture isn't worth much of anything.
Reply:Go with the one its faster for the computer to search for 1 then 2 same thing with running off of them! And you dont need 2 anyhow. Just more watts off the power supply!
Reply:Go with one good videocard.