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Does Windows 7 support multiple simultaneous nVidia graphics cards with different drivers?

Does Windows 7 support multiple simultaneous nVidia graphics cards with different drivers?

On one of my dev machines at work (currently running XP), I have two nVidia graphics cards:

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Guest [Entry]

AFAIK, the new video driver architecture will not aid your situation. The official stance from Nvidia is no you can't mix cards, and experiences from other users is that your mileage may vary when you try to mix the pro and consumer cards.
Guest [Entry]

Windows 7 makes it harder to support multiple heterogeneous cards. In XP you can load two different drivers but in Vista and 7 you can only load one driver (well, the exception is if you are using the older-style drivers which will have fewer features and more DRM restrictions). Your best bet is to always use two cards that are officially supported by the same driver. I'd recommend getting two identical cards if possible.