Installing Nvidia and ATI drivers on same computer?

[I0s]

Hello,
I already have a Nvidia video card as my primary card, now I need another video card for multiple monitor purposes and found a ATI video card for cheap. My concerns is, is it fine to install both Nvidia and ATI drivers on same computer without any conflicts?

Thanks

 

[sunzt]

Sounds like you're askin for trouble to me.

 

[SunnyD]

The biggest issue is if you're spanning desktops, D3D will drop into software rendering in Windowed mode for the most part. Also, when moving a window across driver pages, it will invalidate the resource handle for the rendering device, and most applications are not written well enough to "handle" these context changes.

If you're using Windows XP with 2D GDI applications, it won't matter much. If you're using Windows XP with 3D applications (OpenGL or D3D) or Windows Vista with compositing turned on (Aero) or the same restrictions as XP, it just won't work well period, if at all.

 

[I0s]

hmmm..., does not sound too good now.
I will be using it on Windows XP pro and having it for 3 monitor purposes (2 on nvidia and one on ATI), just for web-browsing mainly.

Thanks