4870 and 4850 in same system?

[nwo]

I wanted to ask if I could run a 4870 and a 4850 in the same system (not crossfire) and individually mine LTC on both cards.

I assume they will both use the same drivers, so I don't think I should have any issues. However, I have never ran more than one graphics car in any of my systems, so I am still new to this and I wanted to make sure.

Thank you for any valuable feedback you can provide.

 

[Smoblikat]

You should be completely fine, as long as your PSU can handle them. Should you ever decide to crossfire them you wouldnt have any issues either.

 

[nwo]

Awesome, thank you for your feedback! I have a Thermaltake TR2 600W (with dual 12v rails, which I dislike btw because I am never sure how they are split) but I should be able to handle it.

 

[NTMBK]

Not sure how economical it will be to mine on such old hardware... The power consumption will be considerably higher than for modern GPUs of equivalent speed.