How to use an AGP and PCI graphics card together in a same PC

[ikanbilis]

Hi,
I am a newbies here. I recently bought a PCI graphics card with video capture adds-on (Matrox Mystique 220 with Rainbow Runner). I have tried putting both cards in my computer but found that my AGP card (Asus V7100 pro) won't function at the same time as the PCI card did. May I know how can I make both of them working together so that I could capture video using the Matrox card and display it using the AGP card?
Thanks in advance for any comments and help.

 

[Peter]

The cards must both be capable of running multi-VGA. Many NVidia chip based cards apparently aren't. (The Mystique definitely is, I have one running as a 2nd head to an AGP Radeon 7200 right as I type this.)

But there's help. The Mystique has a "VGA function disable" jumper. Activate that and it'll no longer identify as a VGA, but as an "Other Display Device" instead. That way the other card's stupidity doesn't matter - and the operating system drivers for the Mystique should still be able to use it.

regards, Peter

 

[athlonator]

There is a post in this forum titled 2 video adpators in 1 pc..

Search for it. It gives a link and a few details on how to do that

 

[ikanbilis]

Hi Peter and athlonator,

Thanks for your help. I will try it later and post the outcome.