Secondary Graphics Card

sniperchang · 11-24-2007, 02:52 PM

Hey guys,

I just wish to confirm what I think.

Currently I have two 19" CRT in Dual-display on my 7950GT. I love have multiple monitors, really useful!

Anyway, I'm getting a sweet 22" Widescreen lcd for christmas. Now what I was thinking at first was to sell one monitor and replace it with my new monitor, but then I though "what if I could keep all tree screens?".

If I get a cheap PCI card I could use as a secondary graphics card to plug my CRTs. And of course my lcd will be connected to the 7950GT. This is what I want to be sure about: This will allow me to have multi-display system, but have all the power of the 7950 to the lcd alone right? for gaming purposes...

The CRTs will be used for work stuff and other programs.

What do you think?

What would be sufficiant for a dual-head PCI graphics card. Seems like ebay is always selling some cheap PCI cards. like: ATI Radeon 7000 64MB, ATI Radeon 9000 64MB PCI, Nvidia GeForce FX5500 256MB PCI (This one would actually be pretty good)

From the looks of it the Radeons seem to have dual-heads and pretty cheap on ebay. Here's one

Thanks, cheers

sniperchang · 11-25-2007, 03:40 AM

Wow,

I'm having hard time to find this kind of information on the internet, if you're feeling lazy and you don't want to have to read information, understand it, and explain it, by all means, just lead me to your information!

Another concern comes to mind: Drivers; would windows XP only accept having one graphics driver? Or would it be ok? Mabe if I get a ATI, the two different drivers would not interfere with each other? Or something?

hmmm, great mystery I'm sure the computerforum can solve!

**The_Other_One** · 11-25-2007, 04:07 AM

That should work just fine. I could see you having a slight lag issue from going between cards are something, but it might help some when gaming (using two cards). I know on my laptop, I can tell when using dual displays. Over-all speed is decreased and what not, but the onboard graphics are also fairly low-end too...

As for drivers, you shouldn't have any problems. I've installed ATI and Nvidia cards in my old computers without any real problems. If I recall, I used my old Radeon 8500(AGP) and Nvidia Geforce4 MX440(PCI) and they didn't conflict or anything.

sniperchang · 11-25-2007, 04:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The_Other_One

That should work just fine. I could see you having a slight lag issue from going between cards are something, but it might help some when gaming (using two cards). I know on my laptop, I can tell when using dual displays. Over-all speed is decreased and what not, but the onboard graphics are also fairly low-end too...

As for drivers, you shouldn't have any problems. I've installed ATI and Nvidia cards in my old computers without any real problems. If I recall, I used my old Radeon 8500(AGP) and Nvidia Geforce4 MX440(PCI) and they didn't conflict or anything.

Thank you, I'm glad to hear that. Just curious: Do you think there would be a conflict if I had two Nvidia?

taylormsj · 11-25-2007, 04:57 PM

I think there would be less confliction if you had your 7950 and an ATI card rather than having 2 NVidia cards.

Duel cards doesnt take up much resources, so just get the cheapest card you can that has 2 outputs

taylormsj · 11-25-2007, 04:58 PM

I think there would be less confliction if you had your 7950 and an ATI card rather than having 2 NVidia cards.

Duel cards doesnt take up much resources, so just get the cheapest card you can that has 2 outputs

sniperchang · 11-25-2007, 05:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by taylormsj

[...]so just get the cheapest card you can that has 2 outputs

Sounds like a plan!

11-24-2007, 02:52 PM	#1 (permalink)
sniperchang Diamond Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 1,002	Secondary Graphics Card Hey guys, I just wish to confirm what I think. Currently I have two 19" CRT in Dual-display on my 7950GT. I love have multiple monitors, really useful! Anyway, I'm getting a sweet 22" Widescreen lcd for christmas. Now what I was thinking at first was to sell one monitor and replace it with my new monitor, but then I though "what if I could keep all tree screens?". If I get a cheap PCI card I could use as a secondary graphics card to plug my CRTs. And of course my lcd will be connected to the 7950GT. This is what I want to be sure about: This will allow me to have multi-display system, but have all the power of the 7950 to the lcd alone right? for gaming purposes... The CRTs will be used for work stuff and other programs. What do you think? What would be sufficiant for a dual-head PCI graphics card. Seems like ebay is always selling some cheap PCI cards. like: ATI Radeon 7000 64MB, ATI Radeon 9000 64MB PCI, Nvidia GeForce FX5500 256MB PCI (This one would actually be pretty good) From the looks of it the Radeons seem to have dual-heads and pretty cheap on ebay. Here's one Thanks, cheers __________________ CPU: Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Skt939 Toledo @ 2.4Ghz Motherboard: Asus A8V-E SE VidCard(s): BFG 9800GTX 512MB PCI-E; eVGA 6200 PCI (Secondary) Mem: Corsair 2x1 gb TWINX C2 PT XMS HardDrive: Western Digital 8m Cache 250GB 7200RPM Monitor(s): 2x CRT 17" Phillips 107B5/107T6 and LCD 22"wide Samsung 226BW (Triple Display) Multiple Display 101 Last edited by sniperchang; 11-24-2007 at 03:46 PM.

11-25-2007, 03:40 AM	#2 (permalink)
sniperchang Diamond Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 1,002	Wow, I'm having hard time to find this kind of information on the internet, if you're feeling lazy and you don't want to have to read information, understand it, and explain it, by all means, just lead me to your information! Another concern comes to mind: Drivers; would windows XP only accept having one graphics driver? Or would it be ok? Mabe if I get a ATI, the two different drivers would not interfere with each other? Or something? hmmm, great mystery I'm sure the computerforum can solve! __________________ CPU: Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Skt939 Toledo @ 2.4Ghz Motherboard: Asus A8V-E SE VidCard(s): BFG 9800GTX 512MB PCI-E; eVGA 6200 PCI (Secondary) Mem: Corsair 2x1 gb TWINX C2 PT XMS HardDrive: Western Digital 8m Cache 250GB 7200RPM Monitor(s): 2x CRT 17" Phillips 107B5/107T6 and LCD 22"wide Samsung 226BW (Triple Display) Multiple Display 101

11-25-2007, 04:07 AM	#3 (permalink)
The_Other_One Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lexington, NC Age: 23 Posts: 12,368	That should work just fine. I could see you having a slight lag issue from going between cards are something, but it might help some when gaming (using two cards). I know on my laptop, I can tell when using dual displays. Over-all speed is decreased and what not, but the onboard graphics are also fairly low-end too... As for drivers, you shouldn't have any problems. I've installed ATI and Nvidia cards in my old computers without any real problems. If I recall, I used my old Radeon 8500(AGP) and Nvidia Geforce4 MX440(PCI) and they didn't conflict or anything. __________________ Desktop * Athlon X2 4200 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| 7600GT Laptop1 * C2D T5550 \| 3G RAM \| 120G HD \| Intel x3100 Laptop2 * C2D T5250 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| Intel x3100

11-25-2007, 04:57 PM	#5 (permalink)
taylormsj Diamond Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,837	I think there would be less confliction if you had your 7950 and an ATI card rather than having 2 NVidia cards. Duel cards doesnt take up much resources, so just get the cheapest card you can that has 2 outputs __________________ E2160 @3.2 (3.618 GHz max) \| 2Gb OCZ 6400 @ 890MHz \| 8800GT (725, 1895, 1970 MHz) \| Coolermaster CM 690 \| Hiper 530 watt \| Maxtor 160 Gb \| D-tek fusion, 5.5mm nozzle / Swiftech MCW60 with enzo's / Swiftech D5 / MCRres / MCR320 radiator / 3 high yate loon / 7/16" tubing / black feser one

11-25-2007, 04:58 PM	#6 (permalink)
taylormsj Diamond Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,837	I think there would be less confliction if you had your 7950 and an ATI card rather than having 2 NVidia cards. Duel cards doesnt take up much resources, so just get the cheapest card you can that has 2 outputs __________________ E2160 @3.2 (3.618 GHz max) \| 2Gb OCZ 6400 @ 890MHz \| 8800GT (725, 1895, 1970 MHz) \| Coolermaster CM 690 \| Hiper 530 watt \| Maxtor 160 Gb \| D-tek fusion, 5.5mm nozzle / Swiftech MCW60 with enzo's / Swiftech D5 / MCRres / MCR320 radiator / 3 high yate loon / 7/16" tubing / black feser one

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