Multiple Video Cards

[doanster]

How difficult, or possible, is it to install several PCI video cards in addition to the main AGP video card to have a multi-monitor display? Is it ok to mix and match different companies (namely nVidia, ATi, Matrox and 3Dfx), or will the drivers conflict with each other?

 

[w00t]

easy. you should probably get same exact cards for pci and for agp/pci-e get diff. maxtor makes some card that supports like 4 monitors or sumthing.

 

[doanster]

Originally posted by: w00t
easy. you should probably get same exact cards for pci and for agp/pci-e get diff. maxtor makes some card that supports like 4 monitors or sumthing.

the thing is it will be hard to find the 'exact cards for pci' because i am just hunting for used cards. I think for 4 monitors you mean Matrox... Maxtor makes hard drives haha

 

[gdsqx9]

 

[gdsqx9]

Sorry about that. Slip of the fingers.
It depends on what operating system and computer you are running. I've seen computers that if you plug in a PCI video card the AGP cards becomes invalid. I've only seen that on older computers.
I think XP handles multiple video cards better than previous operating system.

 

[w00t]

Maxtor makes good video cards not just hard drives.

 

[CrispyFried]

Just keep in the same manufacturer, ie ATI + ATI or nVidia +nVidia, if you cross they dont usually like each other. Ive run AtI 9600 AGP+ATI 7200/9200 PCI with no probs. Thats with XP.

 

[doanster]

Originally posted by: w00t
Maxtor makes good video cards not just hard drives.

Sorry, I didnt know that!