stupid question..

repilce · 10-10-08, 06:47 PM

okay well apartently the words ati, nvidia, and drivers bring up a whole lot of stuff to sift through on google

lol

so here it is.. can i in vista 32 ultimate use an ati card and a nvidia card at the same time? i have an x300 256MB SE i'd like to use for my spare monitor rather than the dual link.

{PGA}AfterShock · 10-10-08, 07:09 PM

most likely not though I could be wrong since I've never heard of anyone trying it. nvidia and ati don't play well together and by putting them both in the same cage your likely to lose your ATI card <---Sarcasm

repilce · 10-10-08, 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by {PGA}AfterShock

most likely not though I could be wrong since I've never heard of anyone trying it. nvidia and ati don't play well together and by putting them both in the same cage your likely to lose your ATI card <---Sarcasm

and

to the forums.. lol i like this kid already..

Chixofnix · 10-10-08, 08:53 PM

I don't see why not - it's worth a shot anyway =).

I've run multiple cards (PCI + AGP) for multi-monitors before without any issues (except that the secondary cards were pretty much pieces of junk... I wasn't playing games on em' though)... This was a while ago though

JonSimonzi · 10-10-08, 08:55 PM

Can't do it with Vista. Can with XP though.

repilce · 10-10-08, 09:01 PM

Bah.. you got to be kidding.. i would have thought it would have been the other way around...

Chixofnix · 10-11-08, 04:42 PM

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Bah.. you got to be kidding.. i would have thought it would have been the other way around...

My experience supports that... never tried it on Vista before, sorry! I would expect there'd be a workaround at some point eventually... seems kinda backwards that the rules would change in a new OS to make PC hardware options less flexible...

JonSimonzi · 10-11-08, 05:57 PM

I looked for the actual Microsoft page with a lot of technical mumbo jumbo on it, but can't find it again. But it just said in alot of big words that you can't mix brands.

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Chixofnix Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Kansas City, KS USA	I don't see why not - it's worth a shot anyway =). I've run multiple cards (PCI + AGP) for multi-monitors before without any issues (except that the secondary cards were pretty much pieces of junk... I wasn't playing games on em' though)... This was a while ago though __________________ Current Rig: CPU: Phenom II X4 965BE, 3.4GHz RAM: OCZ 2x2Gb DDR3-1600 GPU: Sapphire Radeon HD 5770, 1Gb HDD: (1)Raptor 74Gb, (2)Seagate 250Gb, (1)WD Green 1.5Tb PSU: ENERMAX ELT620AWT-ECO, 620W MBD: Gigabyte GA-MA785GT-UD3H CASE: Antec P180 Previous Rig: CPU: Manchester A64 X2 3800+ w/ stock cooling RAM: 2x1Gb of generic DDR400 GPU: XFX 6800GS (AGP) PSU: Antec True380 PSU MBD: AsRock Dual939 SATA2 mobo (AGP+PCIe) My Heatware
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10-11-08, 05:57 PM	#8
JonSimonzi Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Providence, RI	I looked for the actual Microsoft page with a lot of technical mumbo jumbo on it, but can't find it again. But it just said in alot of big words that you can't mix brands. __________________ Asus Maximus IV Extreme-Z - i7 2700K - Corsair H80 Diamond 7970 - 3x Dell U2412M 16GB G.Skill Sniper - 256GB Crucial M4 - 3TB Hitachi 7K3000 Corsair AX850 - Corsair 600T Heatware
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