using 2 cards

jack b 24 · 06-05-2008, 10:54 PM

ihave a dimension 4600 using xp media center sp2.my vid card is 64mb ati all in wonder 9000 ,and is massively outdated.however the tv tuner works excellent.i would like to add anew card to my open pci slot and plug the monitor into the new card.but i would still like to use the tv tuner in the old one.is there a way to disable all but the tv tuner in the old card or do i even have to.since i'll be plugging the monitor into the new card

**emosun** · 06-05-2008, 11:19 PM

It would be smarter to throw out the all in wonder and just get a new agp card and a separate tv tuner. Pci cards are very very limited to performance. Not to mention your agp slot would have to be disabled in order to run a pci card as the primary.

06-05-2008, 10:54 PM	#1 (permalink)
jack b 24 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 1 OS: xp media center sp2	using 2 cards ihave a dimension 4600 using xp media center sp2.my vid card is 64mb ati all in wonder 9000 ,and is massively outdated.however the tv tuner works excellent.i would like to add anew card to my open pci slot and plug the monitor into the new card.but i would still like to use the tv tuner in the old one.is there a way to disable all but the tv tuner in the old card or do i even have to.since i'll be plugging the monitor into the new card

06-05-2008, 11:19 PM	#2 (permalink)
emosun Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: usa Posts: 6,950 OS: xp pro sp2 My System	Re: using 2 cards It would be smarter to throw out the all in wonder and just get a new agp card and a separate tv tuner. Pci cards are very very limited to performance. Not to mention your agp slot would have to be disabled in order to run a pci card as the primary. __________________ Gpu Benchmarks Cpu-Z Power supply information and selection Gpu-Z Video card quick list