Dual Graphics Cards

Hey everyone,

I've always wondered how good it would be to run dual graphics cards.

Can anyone offer some pros and cons for running dual graphics cards, say dual nVidia GeForce 9600 GT's, just for an example

Also, If I ran a reasonably new graphics card like the 9600 with an older 6600 would my performance suffer? Does it try to run the older graphics card first? How does it all work?

Would it be worth just buying a top of the range graphics card to run on its own? because it would be cheaper from where I'm sitting to run dual graphics cards.

I know this is a lot of questions, so answers to any of the above is appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

 

Hi Wolf.
This makes an interesting read on the subject.

http://compreviews.about.com/od/video/a/DualVideo.htm

From personal experience, i have run dual cards and not seen a great increase in performance.

 

Yeah both that website and the links provided on that page were very informative, thanks for that

Ok, I think that was the gist of that link you provided as well. Nothing is on the cards just yet, I'm just planning for the future.

Thanks again.