dual video cards

[unlovedwarrior]

ok i want to know if i can put my old gforce 7600 gs in with my new gforce 9800 gt on my nvidia 680i mobo. the reason for this is so i can use the new one for gaming and the old one to watch movies on with my old monitor

[namesynombres]

as far as I know you can,  as both your cards are diferent (same make different model)  I did a similar thing for flight sim, used more powerful card for the flight sim and the second to display the gps, map etc where graphics demand was far less.

good luck!

[homer]

ok i want to know if i can put my old gforce 7600 gs in with my new gforce 9800 gt on my nvidia 680i mobo. the reason for this is so i can use the new one for gaming and the old one to watch movies on with my old monitor

why not use the 9600 gt for both? im confused.

[fpsmitch]

i dont believe that you can use two cards for two different things without running them in sli. because you would have to have two different drivers for both of them. the 9600 gt is faster also, and using them in sli would only slow down the 9600 gt.
dude, just use the 9800.

[unlovedwarrior]

ummm. then i guess ill get another 9800 sometime

[soybean]

ok i want to know if i can put my old gforce 7600 gs in with my new gforce 9800 gt on my nvidia 680i mobo. the reason for this is so i can use the new one for gaming and the old one to watch movies on with my old monitor

Are both cards PCE Express, or what?  Have you tried connecting both monitors to your gforce 9800 gt?

[homer]

i still dont see why you cant use the 9600 for both. please clarify.

[unlovedwarrior]

homer.... when im playing my games it makes my res. on my other monitor crappy with two diff cards i can have seperate res.

soybean one is pci-e x16(9800) one is pci-e (7600)

sorry for the late reply i had a paper do and a test doing the week

[homer]

so you want to game and watch a movie at the same time on two different monitors?

[unlovedwarrior]

yes

[fpsmitch]

that, my friend, would be pointless

[macdad-]

but that would slow down ur proccessor, since it would hve to proccess the movie player and wat ever game ur playin this may be a bit overdone but heck...if it works then someone can watch a movie on one monitor and u play a game on the other. talk about makin the most out of ur comp!

[Betaa]

the 9600gt should have dual monitor support allowing you to hook up your second monitor and from windows settings you should be able to set up a separate resolution for each monitor.  As for running a 7600gs and a 960gt at the same time, i don't think so. For sli you must have 2 video cards with the same gpu (preferably identical cards).

[Betaa]

i run a single monitor most of the time but sometime i use the second monitor or my TV and there are independent resolutions between those displays.

[macdad-]

yes but remember if u hook up ur tv by a VGA card or by using a TV Tuner Card u can cause damage to the tv, since the resolution may not match between ur monitor's resolution and ur tv's resolution, a friend of mine tried that on a LCD TV by connecting it to his comp by a VGA plug and when he was done it left some spots at a corner of his tv as if someone held a magnet up to the tv.

[unlovedwarrior]

my computer can handle it all right 3.0 ghz dual core intel

ddr2 dual channel 800 (2 gigs)

[Betaa]

read my post just dont.

[elxr06]

it's a dual core processor so i don't think it would be that bad. You can watch video or play game on a single core just fine (no multitasking) and if you get a dual core, which at basic is two single core chips in one box, it should be ok right ?

And you'll want two GPU's. Too much stress on one to try and why not get at least the same kind of card, why get a worse card if price is not the factor at that point?

So just get two identical cards and you're probably set for now.

[fpsmitch]

but i dont think that you will be able to sli and have a game and video on at the same time...

[Shynnie]

Its a cool thing to do, so go ahead and do it. If you get it right let us know

[Betaa]

LISTEN TO ME!! you do not need two video cards to run dual screens!!! Use the 9800gt that you said and it will be flawless.

Also 9800GT and 7600GS will not work together even if you install both of them you will still be using one or the other.

[fpsmitch]

thats exactly what i said.
haha, nice

[macdad-]

dude listen to betaa my cousin tried doing that on his computer and it turns out you couldnt do that without sacrificing some of your speed.

[patio]

This thread is spinning WAY out of control...."Kirk to Bridge"

[macdad-]

"beam me up scotty"...

[elxr06]

"use the force ... my son"

[macdad-]

ok when did we decide to use copyrighted catch phrases?

[patio]

Where do you get the notion that they are copyrighted ? ?

[macdad-]

use the force ... my son

the movie is copyrighted but not the quotes srry.

[elxr06]

use the force ... my son

the movie is copyrighted but not the quotes srry.

Hmm yah. copyrighted quotes are no fun 

[macdad-]

unless you say this quote:

Run Forest! Run!

or this

you have been terminated

but that last one is funny if you have a good arnold swharnegger(dont know how to spell his last name) accent 

[michaewlewis]

I'm just curious how you ended up setting everything up......
And technically, your setup could support 4 monitors. I don't think it would cause to much lag either... depending on the game.

[macdad-]

well it all depends on the sys requirement for the game or app.

[michaewlewis]

Thanks for repeating me.... like I said, "depending on the game"

[macdad-]

srry...

[elxr06]

Just out of curiosity? If one system has 2 graphics cards with 4 ports, I'd think you could connect 4 monitors and get them to run (I'm not talking about whether or not that is a good idea but whether it is possible to do...)

[macdad-]

you can do that except you would have to connect one monitor using VGA and another with S-Vid or something else.

[michaewlewis]

Yes, you can do that. Right now, I've got six monitors plugged into one of my workstations. I'm running a FireMV 2200 and a FireMV 2400. Two monitors on one card, and four on the other.

[elxr06]

you can do that except you would have to connect one monitor using VGA and another with S-Vid or something else.

Why VGA or S-Vid? Sppose you have 2 graphics cards which have only DVI ports, couldn't you just use the DVI cables to connect to the monitors (provided that monitor is also has a DVI port)?

[michaewlewis]

you can do that except you would have to connect one monitor using VGA and another with S-Vid or something else.

Why VGA or S-Vid? Sppose you have 2 graphics cards which have only DVI ports, couldn't you just use the DVI cables to connect to the monitors (provided that monitor is also has a DVI port)?

yes, you can do that.... If your card has two ports, you can use both of them simultaneously. If you have two cards that have two ports, you can use all of them simultaneously, with some restrictions. eg. in Vista, they have to be the same windows driver model in order to use two cards.

[macdad-]

you can do that except you would have to connect one monitor using VGA and another with S-Vid or something else.

Why VGA or S-Vid? Sppose you have 2 graphics cards which have only DVI ports, couldn't you just use the DVI cables to connect to the monitors (provided that monitor is also has a DVI port)?

i know im just using that as an example.

[elxr06]

ok. Now how about having one PCI-E card and one PCI card on the same motherboard, how would the performance be then?

Let's say I have a 8500GT (which is a PCI-E) and a fx5200 (a PCI) and let's say both can run fine as in windows can detect both and utilize both.

Then how would the performance be?

[michaewlewis]

Performance would be better on the 8500GT as it is a newer/faster card.