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Title: Help with dual graphics card setup: Error 43
Post by: ILikeComputers! on April 06, 2012, 08:26:07 PM
I recently received a Radeon HD 6580 which works great, however, when I try to run it with my FireGL v5100, I get error 43. I knows both of these cards work in my primary Pci-e slot, but they  do not work when they are both plugged in. Both of the drivers are updated. I am running on Windows 7 x64. I am not sure what to do from here.

Any help is appreciated!
-Eric
Title: Re: Help with dual graphics card setup: Error 43
Post by: Gray1989 on April 07, 2012, 04:46:15 AM
I think your problem lies with incompatibility of your graphics cards. NVidia allows use of mixed sli capable cards that are different than each other by combining "cuda" cores, but i don't think ati/amd have the same general technology to do that. For the best of compatibility and performamce i'd always recommend running identical cards when running a multi-gpu system. Also make sure they are bridged properly with the correct cable/connector.. i could help further but at the moment I'm typing on my cellphone and its taking forever. for some reason my pc cant even ping this forum right now. facebook/google/etc. is fine, and dns resolves the hostname, ill try back later i guess
Title: Re: Help with dual graphics card setup: Error 43
Post by: patio on April 07, 2012, 08:21:19 AM
What MBoard ? ?
Title: Re: Help with dual graphics card setup: Error 43
Post by: soybean on April 07, 2012, 10:34:48 AM
What is your objective?  Do you merely want to run dual monitors?  Is running two monitors off one card not a viable option for your purposes?