FG Lurker wrote:The 2600K is unlocked which allows for easy overclocking. I'm not planning to overclock but the 2600K also includes the better HD 3000 integrated GPU and I plan to use this for awhile to drive my twin Dell 24" 1920x1200 displays.
The 2600 has Intel vPro technology which seems to be aimed at IT departments for security and remote management. Both the 2600 and the 2600K have Intel's VT-x which is for virtualization with packages such as Xen or VMware.
I was more thinking aboot the VTd technology allowing direct hardware access for the VM.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86_virtualization#I.2FO_MMU_virtualization_.28AMD-Vi_and_VT-d.29
If you uninstall one set of drivers and revert to VGA before installing the next set of drivers it should be fine. Personally I generally just stick with AMD/ATI graphics though, I've never really liked nvidia that much.
yeah, try to do that when the former video card is a smoldering pile of melted electronics... (my video cards demonstrate a previously unknown love for immolating themselves in colorfull bonfires...).
I personally never overclock anything, stability, reliability and longevity are my primary concerns. But 'made for overclocking' components used at regular or slightly lower speed are nice in my book...