Which graphics card should I keep?

Okay, so I just aquired two graphics cards for my brother's computer that I am building (don't ask me how I ended up with two, its a long story). Anyways, I need to know which would be better to keep and I will either put the other in my computer or try to sell it. They are an XFX GeForce 7950 GX2 XXX (payed about $320) and a PNY 8600 GTS. Here are links to both of them:

XFX:
http://www.xfxforce.com/web/product/list...

PNY:
http://www2.pny.com/8600-gts-256mb-pcie-...

THe biggest drawback of the XFX is no Direct x 10 support. Please let me know what you think. THanks.

Answer:
The 7950 GX2 is without a doubt faster, however, it does not support DX10, so you're looking at a trade off. I personally would use the 7950GX2 and sell the 8600, and when games start comming out that REQUIRE DX10, move up to a DX10 card. By then there will be better and cheaper options.
easy, the 7950. it's better at the pixel processing and a better memory interface than the 8600. The 7950 also has a 512 memory bus than the 128 memory bus on the PNY
if i were you i would attempt to put them into an SLi configuration
Always keep the nvidia card with the highest first number.
I would go with the XFX GeForce 7900 because, although it has .7 GHz less memory clock speed, it has 1 GB video ram. The other only has 256 MB.

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