Gigabyte EP45-UD3P and two Nvidia cards (NON-SLI)

[boglwe]

I have a Sharp 37 1080p and a Sharp 32 1080p. I know the 280 can handle both, but can I use the 280 to run the primary and the 8800 GTX to run the secondary (32 incher) from this motherboard? If so, how does one do this; load two seperate drivers, or they both run from the same driver? Can I have the same display setup as before, as in, the mouse moves from one monitor to the next?

New system is now
Corsair 750w
4 gigs Ballistix tracers
Intel Q9550
Gigabyte EP45-UD3P

THank you in advance

Boglwe

 

[VirtualLarry]

Yes, that will work. Both cards will use the same driver, and you can go into your Display properties in Windows, and "extend your desktop onto this monitor". That will allow you to spread your desktop out over several displays. You can also run Folding@Home on your GPUs in the background. I have a folding rig with four (now three) NV cards, on a mobo designed for quad-crossfire. I can't enable SLI, but everything else about the cards works, multi-display, F@H, etc.

 

[boglwe]

yep, Thanks VirtualLarry. It worked great. Loaded with no problems. I wonder how it works if the cards take different drivers, Like maybe an ATI and an Nvidia.

 

[boglwe]

yep, Thanks VirtualLarry. It worked great. Loaded with no problems. I wonder how it works if the cards take different drivers, Like maybe an ATI and an Nvidia.

 

[MTDEW]

VirtualLarry, do you know if it still forces the main slot to 8x with the second card inserted?

 

[boglwe]

As far as how the cards work together in this setup... Do the cards each use ONLY their own resources to run the monitor that is plugged into it?