If you were to take a trip back in time (say 10-15 years ago) you would’ve noted that people who ran multiple graphics cards (in a gaming context – not mining) was far more common than it is today.
Time was that the most inexpensive means of boosting your PCs graphics performance was getting a 2nd graphics card. Going Crossfire (for AMD) or SLI (for Nvidia) could offer you a decent performance ...