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Two Video cards

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  • 27-01-2004 1:21pm
    #1
    seawolf1540
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11 ✭


    Does anybody out there know if i can have two video cards in the same machine.

    One PCI and one AGP.

    Ive got a Geforce ti4800 and an old Voodoo3 PCI.


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    #2
    RicardoSmith
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,264 ✭✭✭RicardoSmith


    Yes, but not on Win95.


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    #3
    Ryaner
    Registered Users Posts: 1,714 ✭✭✭Ryaner


    You will normally need to tell the bios which one to boot first or else you could have problems with games. Changing the primary display though windows is possible but does give a performance drop on some boards.
    The bios settings is normally called "int start display" or "int boot display"


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    Virus_Inc
    Registered Users Posts: 333 ✭✭Virus_Inc


    Generally the bios will use the AGP card first you you have to boot off the PCI card so it is initialised properly... as soon as windows loads it will switch back to the AGP card as the primary video card and the PCI card will display an extended piece of desktop that you can poke extra windows into - only extended so the taskbar is only on the primary monitor.... If you want spanned desktop you'll have to get a dual-head video card...


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    RicardoSmith
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,264 ✭✭✭RicardoSmith


    Theres a piece of software called ultramon which I found invaluable when I was running two graphics cards.


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    po0k
    Registered Users Posts: 15,815 ✭✭✭✭po0k


    OpenGL acceleration won't work anymore, only DirectX.


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