newb vid card question

guest · 05-28-2005, 09:33 AM

Im pretty new to this, sorry if this is a stupid question.

Would it be possible to use dual radeon 9700s with a single monitor? As in combine the performance of both kind of like using dual processors. Is there some kind of special hardware that is neccecary or just a special driver?
Thanks in advance.

**Sarkast** · 05-28-2005, 02:20 PM

No this isnt possible - for 1 there is no way to "combine" its power - for 2 you'd need a motherboard with 2 AGP slots (and i am not aware of one).

There is however the option to get a PCI-E motherboard that supports SLI (here is an Example ) - and then buy 2 SLI capable video cards. SLI allows you to use 2 (for example) 6600GT or 6800 series cards simultaneously (with a special bridge between them) and then actually "combine" their performance to boost video game performance.

But like i said - this is only possible with PCI Express SLI boards and certain Nvidia cards.

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guest Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1 OS: 2000	newb vid card question Im pretty new to this, sorry if this is a stupid question. Would it be possible to use dual radeon 9700s with a single monitor? As in combine the performance of both kind of like using dual processors. Is there some kind of special hardware that is neccecary or just a special driver? Thanks in advance.

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Sarkast TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: NY Posts: 2,715 OS: WinXP	No this isnt possible - for 1 there is no way to "combine" its power - for 2 you'd need a motherboard with 2 AGP slots (and i am not aware of one). There is however the option to get a PCI-E motherboard that supports SLI (here is an Example ) - and then buy 2 SLI capable video cards. SLI allows you to use 2 (for example) 6600GT or 6800 series cards simultaneously (with a special bridge between them) and then actually "combine" their performance to boost video game performance. But like i said - this is only possible with PCI Express SLI boards and certain Nvidia cards. __________________ P4 2.4@2.9 / XP-90 / Albatron PX865PE Pro V2.0 / Kingston Hyper-X 512MB Dual Channel CL2-2-2-5 / Geforce4 MX440x8 64MB / WD80GB 7200RPM 8MB / Thermaltake 420W PSU --> SEE IT ALL GLOW <-- MBM5 - SpeedFan - PSU Calculator - MemTest86 - ThrottleWatch Last edited by Sarkast : 05-28-2005 at 04:28 PM.