I’ve heard the 9xxx series ended up being pretty crappy.

Go for the 260. The 280 is not worth the money, but the 260 is a rock-solid card.

I would probably bite the bullet and get the 4gb.

Reasoning: Do you really want to have to buy 2×512mb chips? Keeping dual-channel is a must, and this just seems silly.

Memory is so cheap these days, getting 4×1gb or 2×2gb is nothing. Plus, it’s not really ‘wasting’ because you still do get to use a good chunk of the extra memory.

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The p182 is solid case.

The 900 does have the handy little tray on top, and some pretty easy access for usb ports, etc in the front.

I’d say it’s a toss-up between those two. One is more sleak, the other is more convenient.