Hi all,
I've looked through as many posts as I could and although I did find some info I had a few more questions about multiple video cards within the same comp.
I am not looking to run SLI now but have currently my 8800GTX running in my eVGA i680 SLI board. The 8800GTX has dual monitor support. The other 2 PCi-express slots on my mobo are empty. I have also an ATI x1900XT and an Nvidia 7900GT sitting at home doing nothing, which I would rather not sell as, they cost me a mint.
Thus I have been on the Microsoft site where they have a whole section explaining the difference between running multiple monitors on single video cards and running on multiple video cards and driver certification on winXP -- XPDM WDDM etc. I am still not sure if you can run one Nvidia 880GTX on one PCI-e and then an ATI X1900XT on the other. Always thought that was one of the features XP was proud off. Guess I will find out tonight.
Can someone please explain to me what the benefits are of having 2 actual video cards in a comp (not SLI) in the sense of better running multiple graphic-intensive applications over a single video card with dual out?? Is there a difference?
My issues are that is it any better (faster, smoother, clearer) to have 2 video cards over a single card with dual out?
If you do have 2 cards can you assign one card to run your game and display it on one monitor and let the other card and monitor responsible to either play a DVD movie or have a second instance of a game up. For some of us playing multiple instances of Everquest or WOW or whatnot find it nice to have dual display but I have never been able to do it with a dual out single video card solution.
I've looked through as many posts as I could and although I did find some info I had a few more questions about multiple video cards within the same comp.
I am not looking to run SLI now but have currently my 8800GTX running in my eVGA i680 SLI board. The 8800GTX has dual monitor support. The other 2 PCi-express slots on my mobo are empty. I have also an ATI x1900XT and an Nvidia 7900GT sitting at home doing nothing, which I would rather not sell as, they cost me a mint.
Thus I have been on the Microsoft site where they have a whole section explaining the difference between running multiple monitors on single video cards and running on multiple video cards and driver certification on winXP -- XPDM WDDM etc. I am still not sure if you can run one Nvidia 880GTX on one PCI-e and then an ATI X1900XT on the other. Always thought that was one of the features XP was proud off. Guess I will find out tonight.
Can someone please explain to me what the benefits are of having 2 actual video cards in a comp (not SLI) in the sense of better running multiple graphic-intensive applications over a single video card with dual out?? Is there a difference?
My issues are that is it any better (faster, smoother, clearer) to have 2 video cards over a single card with dual out?
If you do have 2 cards can you assign one card to run your game and display it on one monitor and let the other card and monitor responsible to either play a DVD movie or have a second instance of a game up. For some of us playing multiple instances of Everquest or WOW or whatnot find it nice to have dual display but I have never been able to do it with a dual out single video card solution.
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