Can a Voodoo 5500 PCI be put in with a GeForce 2?

[NoreagaCNN]

Can you put a Voodoo 5500 PCI in with a GeForce 2 GTS? My friend wants to get a V5 for games like UT, etc. and he wanted to make sure. I think you CAN'T, but I wanted to make sure first.

Thanks,
Nore

 

[MCS]

Actually you can, but you will only be able to use the 3D function of one card at a time. There is an option in the BIOS for which graphics card to initialise first (AGP or PCI) and that card is taken as the primary card. Windows 98 or later supports dual display.

I am not sure about the driver side of things though...

 

[NoreagaCNN]

So what you're trying to say is that everytime he feels like using Glide support he will have to restart his comp and choose "PCI or AGP" in the BIOS or did I not understand? He has Win2K BTW but doesn't want dual monitors/display.

-Nore

 

[robg1701]

Well yeah, i had an old V3 in here with ma geforce once for a test, now a savage 4 blesse4s that PCI slot...games will play on the primary display normally, but as a test i selected glide for UT, and sure enoughit banged itself straight onto the 2nd monitor on the V3......but without dual monitors things become more tricky, im nut sure how you would wire such a thing up, because if both cards are enable the desktop will stretch across the two cards display 'area' whether you like it or not (at lest i beleive so, its what happens here for me)...best thign i can think of is that he leasves it disabled when not using it for games, then switches it on and makes it the primary card (win2k can do this on-the-fly, regardlesss if bios setup), uses some sort of switch to flick the monitor between the vid card outputs...then game away, and reverse the process when hes done.....

still dont see why hed want a V over a GTS though...

 

[LXi]

<<So what you're trying to say is that everytime he feels like using Glide support he will have to restart his comp and choose &quot;PCI or AGP&quot; in the BIOS or did I not understand? He has Win2K BTW but doesn't want dual monitors/display.>>

Yes, and you have to manually switch the montior cable everytime.

 

[MCS]

Easier to have two PCs

 

[robg1701]

LXi, the bios setting doesnt matter in Win2k, so why should he need to restart.... ?

 

[LXi]

I didnt say a thing about the BIOS. You can't use two video cards with one monitor unless you switch the cable everytime.

 

[Sugadaddy]

Some monitors have dual inputs...

 

[LXi]

True, but there is no way for me to tell if his friend's monitor has dual inputs.

 

[robg1701]

Uh hu, i realise that, hence my monitor cable switch idea (sorta like a KVM, butjust for switching the monitor cable beetween cards...surely such a thing exists) rather than manual chainging. Either way, i dont see where the need to restart or enter the bios comes in.

Its just that you qouted him as says &quot;So what your saying is...blah reatart, bios blah&quot; then you said &quot;Yes,....&quot; so you see where i went astray ?

 

[LXi]

Yea, but how else do you get Glide support? I know monitors are hot swappable, but I dont think video cards are.

 

[NoreagaCNN]

<< Well yeah, i had an old V3 in here with ma geforce once for a test, now a savage 4 blesse4s that PCI slot...games will play on the primary display normally, but as a test i selected glide for UT, and sure enoughit banged itself straight onto the 2nd monitor on the V3......but without dual monitors things become more tricky, im nut sure how you would wire such a thing up, because if both cards are enable the desktop will stretch across the two cards display 'area' whether you like it or not (at lest i beleive so, its what happens here for me)...best thign i can think of is that he leasves it disabled when not using it for games, then switches it on and makes it the primary card (win2k can do this on-the-fly, regardlesss if bios setup), uses some sort of switch to flick the monitor between the vid card outputs...then game away, and reverse the process when hes done.....

still dont see why hed want a V over a GTS though... >>



Hmmm, aight. Thanks a lot, I'll tell him to try this and see how it works out for him. He will have to change the monitor cable all the time as his monitor only has 1 input though. That's really gonna suck but what else can he do? hehe. I'll also recommend (Again) he tries dual monitors/display as he has an old 15&quot; lying around.

Thanks,
Nore

 

[robg1701]

If hes got a old 15&quot; lying around then tell him to get it on there!
It will make this easier since he wouldnt need to swap the cables unles he HAS to play the particular game which he wants glide for, on the big monitor...if he has to play in glide on the main monitor, then hes gonna be switching cables im afraid, whether it be manually or via some sort of switch.

He will like it, its great for both work and play - cant beat having all this real estate, whether it be IE, photoshop, working on multiplae documents simultaneously, or watching movies while you 'work' (IE again )


LXi, you can enable/disable multimonitor support in a single click if you got the right stuff on (if not, take a wee trip to display properties, probably about 5 clicks normally, hehe)....you can change the primary monitor equally as easily, so enabling/disabling vid cards isnt a problem...though as we all realise, if he wants glide on the main screen, that means a vodoo powering it, and a consequent swapping of cables...