With this and many other questions in mind, we fired up the test rigs in Damage Labs and set to work, testing a ridiculous 23 different configurations of one, two, and, yes, three graphics cards against one another for performance, power draw, noise, and value. In fact, at around 200 bucks, the GTX 460 is a good enough value to raise an intriguing question: Is there any reason to plunk down the cash for an expensive high-end graphics card when two of these can be had for less? The latest GPUs support DirectX 11’s secret blend of herbs and spices, and the recently introduced GeForce GTX 460 has set a new standard for price and performance among them. (Yes, I’m doing this.) Happily, doubling down on a good graphics card can be much tastier than anything the Colonel has managed to serve in the past 15 years, and thermal grease isn’t nearly as nasty as the stuff soaking through the bottom of that red-and-white cardboard bucket. If there’s one thing I enjoy as much as dining on cooked meats, it’s consuming the eye candy produced by a quality GPU. Still, I had to give it a shot, because the concept held such promise for meat-based confections. Eating it mostly involved a lot of chewing and thinking about my health, which got tiresome. Sadly, the Colonel’s new sandwich wasn’t exactly the rewarding explosion of bacon-flavored goodness for which I’d hoped. As I learned from a trip to KFC this summer, doubling down can have its risks and its rewards.
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