Geforce 8800GT AND Geforce 7300GT in the Mac Pro?

I used the search feature: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1288408
That's the only useful thread I could find that has to do with 2 cards in the Mac Pro at the same time. So basically I'm wondering, has anyone tried this with the same cards or the same idea before? and did it work?. I'm just wondering if it's possible so I don't have to let the 7300GT gather dust in my closet. I do run Windows XP in bootcamp, not with parallels or VMware Fusion because I need to play PC games at full throttle with full system performance etc. Thanks in advance for any tips.

You can use the two graphics cards, but it's only useful if you have more than two displays. It won't give you higher speed.

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