Is SLI/Crossfire good for anything ELSE (other than graphics)?
Is the second PCI-express graphics slot good for anything else? (Other than a second graphics card?)
1) Will manufacturers be making useful PCI-express cards (8 or 16 lane?) that do other things? (Other than graphics?)
2) Would such cards work in the second slot of a SLI or Crossfire motherboard? Or is the second slot devoted solely to graphics on SLI/Crossfire?
Or to put it differently, if we get an SLI/Crossfire mobo now, and never use the second graphics slot, will the second slot be good for something else? (In that event, should one avoid an SLI/Crossfire mobo in the first place, and instead buy a board that offers other advantages, like more PCI slots?)