Jeez, a 4 GB nitro-burning funny card that draws 1/3 kW and takes an extra slot for cooling. How long until AMD drops in a Phenom core and USB3 controller and declares "to hell with motherboards"?
Dual core is a bit of a misnomer here - the industry standard term is dual GPU. They're two separate dies on different chips, and GPUs have been multi core in the CPU sense for quite a long time now, being able to execute multiple independent threads.
Hasn't this been true of every dual-GPU card? (With the possible exception of the more power-hungry aspect.) It's slower and more expensive because it has a smaller overall cooling system than two cards, so the chips need to be under-clocked and spec'd for higher-temperature operation.
