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Don't get too confused.
You can use different brands of the same Chipset.
i.e. PNY 8800GTS 320MB w/ EVGA 8800GTS 320MB.
You can do that because nobody has made any changes to the manufacturing of the cards. They just all reproduce Nvidia reference cards.
Remember to verify if your motherboard supports SLI or Crossfire though.
I don't know if you want to wait any longer, but Nvidia's next generation is just right around the corner in say, november?
Yes they have to be both the same as each of them render half the screen in all dual GPU rendering modes when you get an 8series get at least a 8800 gts as the lower series are a downgrade.
yes welshy,you can use 2 cards at the same time,however they need to be from the same chip type
for example you curently have the geforce 7950gt card,so you need to get another 7950gt card to run these together
you also need to make sure your motherboard has 2 x pci-express slots(s.l.i compatible)
however the 7950gt is in reality 2 cards moulded onto one board so you can basically have sli graphics but by using only 1 x pci-express slot,this card was also used in the first ever quad sli graphics set up(4 x graphic cards)
the main problem though welshy is you are gonna have to shell out another £300 for another 7950gt,so is it worth it?
your graphics and gaming should be pretty good now,so why do you need another card
for a real graphic boost why not buy a ageia physX pci card(http://www.ageia.com/physx/),this... is basicaly a add on card that fits in a spare pci-bus slot and enhances your games by making explosions and gunshots look more real by utelising the physics within the game(when a wall is hit by a bomb the bricks will actually blow into thousands of peices and each one will act independently and bounce of other objects)
its a pretty cool peice of hardware and costs around £100
any problems let me know
good luck welshy!
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