Can I have an AGP video card and a second PCi one??

[alexruiz]

I just got a GeForce 3 Ti200, but it doesn't have VIVO. I want to have VIVo functionality. I found on pricewatch a cheap PCI videocard with TV-tuner. I wonder if I can add this one and use only the TV tuner features. The model is LGV-5480TVR

Thanks

 

[Mingon]

No dont do it it'll overload the pci bus and blow your machine up.

Seriously it can be done ( I have a geforce 2 ultra / voodoo5500pci ssetup) but you can sometimes get driver issues. What OS are you running ? win9x should be easy enough but win2k can be a problem

 

[Flatline]

Win2K shouldn't be a problem as long as he's not using a Voodoo-based card; their Win2k drivers never really worked well, partially because they were bought by nVidia while they were in the middle of developing them.

 

[Rand]

<< Win2K shouldn't be a problem as long as he's not using a Voodoo-based card; their Win2k drivers never really worked well, partially because they were bought by nVidia while they were in the middle of developing them. >>



I disagree, their Win2k drivers are rock solid... and had already been in development for quite a long time with numerous revisions before nVidia bought them out. It's their WinXP drivers that are iffy.

 

[Sketcher]

I have a few 2000 workstations running agp/pci dual configuration as well as 2000 Pro laptops configured w/dual monitor display.

The only issue is making sure your card's drivers are 2000 compatible. And of course setting up the dual display properties properly.

-Sketcher

 

[powerMarkymark]

Should work fine.

 

[Peter]

Technically, this is possible. As long as all VGA cards are AGP or PCI, they can coexist. Pile up as many as you please.
This includes chipset-integrated VGA. Note that you can have multiple PCI VGAs, but you can have only one AGP VGA.
This means if you have a chipset integrated AGP VGA and plug an AGP card, the chipset integrated one will disable.

The major pitfall is that the software layers of all cards must be capable of handling the multi-VGA situation -
operating system, VGA BIOSes, and card drivers.

Recently I've seen quite a few NVidia chip based PCI cards that wouldn't even let the system boot when another
VGA is present.

System BIOS might let you choose whether you want the AGP or the 1st PCI VGA card to become the primary
display. Pick your choice before adding the 2nd card.

But alexruiz, why not use a pure TV tuner card?

regards, Peter

 

[alexruiz]

Thanks for the advice guys. I really don't want the second card as display, i am interested more in the TV tuner capability.

Peter, I agree, a pure TV tuner should be the best, but the cheapest is 30 + shipping, and this card is 19. Maybe I should wait to see if someone wants to trade the card for a VIVO one.