dual video cards

[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.