2 video adpators in 1 pc.

[kornermi]

Hi,

I've been using Matrox Marvel G200 TV for quite some time, and intend to use it for video capture/TV viewing for a little longer. But, at the same time, I wish I had a better video card for better display (3D game, etc..), and this g200 tv is quite limited in terms of upgrade. All you can do is add 8MB SGRAM, and that costs about $60. Well, here is the question: Can I add PCI video card while I keep the G200TV at AGP slot? If so, what happens? If that's possible, (and if there is a better performing PCI video card), I will primarily use that new PCI card for my monitor and switch to old AGP card only for video caputre.... Can I do that? Thanks.

 

[Peter]

The Matrox cards and their drivers usually work correctly in multi-VGA situations. Make sure your new card does too, and you'll be fine.

I currently have an old Mystique PCI and an AGP Radeon in the system - so with a PCI Radeon you'd probably be safe. On the other hand I've seen and heard quite a few NVidia chip cards fail to work in multi-VGA systems, right at BIOS level.

regards, Peter

 

[kornermi]

Thanks for the reply. I just checked a couple of online stores and looks like ATI PCI radeon 32MB SDRAM costs around $60. Better than paying the same money to get 8MB upgrade for Matrox. It will occupy my last available PCI slot, which leads to this question. I seem to remember that I was advised against using the first PCI slot(right next to the AGP slot) probably because of some IRQ conflict problem involving Sound Blaster Live sound card, which I have right now. Am I mistaken? Thanks.

 

[thereaderrabbit]

The Multi-Monitor Resources seems to be the best web site on the subject (they told me everything I needed to know to get my system up and running).

Be sure to check out the tabs on the left menu bar.

-Reader