Possible to Run Duel Vid Cards That Are Not The Same?

oregonskater · 12-08-2008, 06:00 PM

Hi,

I'm new to the forums but I was wondering, I am currently running a BFG 7900 GS on my Asus P5B board on XP but was wondering if I could slap an additional BFG 8600 GTS into the other PCIe slot. I don't want to run SLI, just I have two monitors and wanted to push out to another two monitors. I know that historically this is a no no and it doesn't help that the 7900 GS is DX9 while the 8600 GTS is DX10, but i was wondering if this would still be possible, and if so, what I needed to do? Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks

**magnethead** · 12-08-2008, 07:03 PM

actually, if you have 2 PCIe slots and the same driver supports both cards under the same OS, it should work.

Kjølen · 12-08-2008, 07:51 PM

As long as you don't mix NVIDIA and ATI cards, you should be fine.

**magnethead** · 12-08-2008, 10:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kjølen

As long as you don't mix NVIDIA and ATI cards, you should be fine.

or any other brand/interface combination.

PCIe is the onlyI/O type that will support multiple GPUs running simultaneously. PCIe + PCI is known not to work, and very, VERY few boards came with both AGP and PCIe.

oregonskater · 12-10-2008, 11:21 PM

Thanks guys, installed the card and it worked perfectly. Work gave me two monitors and now I'm running a four monitor system at the home office!

12-08-2008, 06:00 PM	#1 (permalink)
oregonskater Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 2 OS: XP	Possible to Run Duel Vid Cards That Are Not The Same? Hi, I'm new to the forums but I was wondering, I am currently running a BFG 7900 GS on my Asus P5B board on XP but was wondering if I could slap an additional BFG 8600 GTS into the other PCIe slot. I don't want to run SLI, just I have two monitors and wanted to push out to another two monitors. I know that historically this is a no no and it doesn't help that the 7900 GS is DX9 while the 8600 GTS is DX10, but i was wondering if this would still be possible, and if so, what I needed to do? Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks

12-08-2008, 07:03 PM	#2 (permalink)
magnethead Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Texas, USA Posts: 3,570 OS: Vista ultimate 32bit My System Blog Entries: 3	Re: Possible to Run Duel Vid Cards That Are Not The Same? actually, if you have 2 PCIe slots and the same driver supports both cards under the same OS, it should work. __________________ For proper support: what are you running? graphics, cpu, m/board, ram, PSU brand wattage PCI-E requires 26 amps at 12 volts. That's a 650W PSU. Power Supply Info and Selection . Info on thermal compounds & application . TEST PSU USING MULTI-METER . Bench Testing Your System

12-08-2008, 07:51 PM	#3 (permalink)
Kjølen Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Minnesota Posts: 49 OS: Vista SP1, XP SP3, Linux, Mac OS X Leopard My System	Re: Possible to Run Duel Vid Cards That Are Not The Same? As long as you don't mix NVIDIA and ATI cards, you should be fine.

12-10-2008, 11:21 PM	#5 (permalink)
oregonskater Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 2 OS: XP	Re: Possible to Run Duel Vid Cards That Are Not The Same? Thanks guys, installed the card and it worked perfectly. Work gave me two monitors and now I'm running a four monitor system at the home office!