Trade in 2x GTX 280's for one GTX 295 coop?

I would get the 295, and watercool it, you would lose performance though. But you would also gain PCI-E lanes

hmm...maybe I misread something about the old game thing...bah, whatever...I hate it when I confuse myself with something that seems to make sense to me at the time I post it...

where are my pills....

anyway, 295 is still easier to work with I'd think

wow thanks again...
looks its two votes for the coop and one for the 280s. i think the thing with the coop is that since its cooler itll overclock alot better. so with a waterblock i could be comparable with the 280s. then in the future i could get two of them and go quad sli
i also had the option here for an extra 400 bucks trade in the 280s for two of the original gtx 295s. however down the road for the same price id could have 2 coops and even though the two are very close ive seen that the coop is newer, a tad better, and runs a little bit cooler.
anyway thanks again keep the input comin. im sure there are lots of other people out there facing similar problems so im sure this will be lots of help!
cheers

ok update for anyone with a similar problem
this is what someone on another site recommended and i think it has a great point regarding directx 11. im now leaning to getting the ATI 5970.

"I wouldnt go with nvidia in this case. but thats my personal opinion. and Im again, un-experienced. I would sell the 2 x 280's and go with dx11 supported card. you have win 7 ultimate. a kick ass mobo, memory, ect... get that bottleneck out of there, and put some money back into your pocket.

sell 280's, but 5870 or 5970... and be done with it. or wait for Fermi... either way, you are above the game.

for now you are looking to trade power consuming cards for power consuming cards... with out much gain in performance, even if you put down another 400 bucks for the other 295... its still dx 10...

sell and upgrade... to the next gaming platform. but thats me. cause you are spending the moeny, you should be up grading here... not spending more money for the same dx 10....

hardware is pretty tip top shape from what Ive read. Meaning. the bottleneck is in drivers and software, games ect... the cards themselfs are more than capable... so you dont need 4 cards. nor do you need to have cards that consume alot of power. its not NEEDED nor does it provide a gain."

http://blogs.amd.com/play/2009/09/09...hat-to-expect/

check this out."