Is it possible to upgrade graphics by buying another (same) card ?

Hi
Scince I am playing a lot of heavy games on my MacPro (mid 2012) (windows), and new games like FarCry 3 are lagging a bit on Ultra graphics, I thought of an upgrade. I thought of buyin a new graphics card, but scince it isn't that important to play on ultra graphics I thought of an cheaper upgrade like buying an extra Radeon HD 5770 so i get 2x HD 5770, but I got my suspicions that the gaming performance won't change, or the graphics performance wont change at all, that it just allows me to add more displays. So my question is: Should I buy a new graphics card like one of the GTX series or should I add another 5770? Or maybe I upgrade other components instead of graphics ?
thanks,

I got my suspicions that the gaming performance won't change, or the graphics performance wont change at all, that it just allows me to add more displays.
Your suspicions are exactly right.
This week, a new graphics card for the Mac Pro, Apple/AMD 7970 Mac Edition will start to become avaiable at about US$500. This should shake things up a bit in the Mac Pro (2008 and later) graphics arena.
An early benchmark of its cousin under Windows is here:
http://www.barefeats.com/wst10g14.html

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