thlayli2003 opened this issue on Mar 05, 2009 ยท 7 posts
Rich_Potter posted Thu, 05 March 2009 at 1:08 PM
personally i find dual gfx cards to be more hassle than its worth for a number of reasons.
1 - the temperature in the case is increased as there is less airflow as the gfx cards are close together,
2 - The increase in performance i found was minimal
3- Finding drivers that actually work is difficult
4 - the cost is doubled (obviously)
5 - you are limited to one monitor, unless you are willing to mess about with driver coding
i would also steer clear from ati cards particularly with an intel chipset.
ive said it in a different thread too, but if you are buying a i7, be aware that there is a new chip called nehalem which is due for release in the first quarter of this year so i7 prices should (theoreitcally drop)
hope this helps.