Duel Video cards question

[zasgard]

Hello

Pardon the newb vid card question, but....

Currently I have a BFG 8800 GTS 512 mb video card and I was wondering if I could slap in another one?

Here are my specs

4 gigs DDR2 800 RAM

Processor : http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16819115003

MB : http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813131070


Do you need the exact same video card?

There a dummies guide to installing duel video cards?

I'm assuming you hook the second card to the first one and that first card is connected to the monitor and it combines the two cards.

Thanks for any help

 

[videogames101]

That motherboard doesn't support dual physical 16x cards, only 1 slot.

 

[dflynchimp]

yup, your motherboard only has one available slot for a PCI-E video card, and the P965 chipset on it also doesn't support dual card setup. Two Nvidia cards have to be run on the proprietary chipsets designed by Nvidia, which your motherboard doesn't have.

 

[Billb2]

You can run two video cards, but the other has to be either PCIe 1x or just PCI.
No SLI though.

Why do you want two cards? Dual Monitors?

 

[Shmee]

get an evga 780i if you want to have dual video cards. that or the 750i FTW.

 

[zasgard]

Can anyone recommend a video card UG? Replacing the MB, CPU, PS, etc....is just not an option right now.

Any recommendation over what I have now?

Thanks!

 

[crisium]

The 8800GTS 512 is still very good so your only options are Radeon 4890 / GTX 275 (similar performance for $200 or less) or GTX 285. Those are all single GPU cards, so if you wanted dual GPU you could get Radeon 4870 X2 or GTX 295 (2x 275s). There's the Radeon 4850 X2 as well and it will perform at GTX 285 or better when it's working fully, but when it's not scaling well it'll be rather close to your 8800 GTS 512 level actually, so it's risky.