2 video cards

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by Shotgun_Shortz, Jul 27, 2006.

  1. Shotgun_Shortz

    Shotgun_Shortz Corporal

    Would any good come out of installing two video cards in my computer? If so once installed what do I have to do to get it at optimal proformance.
     
  2. Anon-125cdb8a9b

    Anon-125cdb8a9b Anonymized

    well i duno much about pc's, but with 2 cards you would hav double the graphic memory which would be double as good for gaming.

    But i sure u already knew that, and i dont know anything else lol sory
     
  3. Shotgun_Shortz

    Shotgun_Shortz Corporal

    Really? I didnt know that I have had this extra Video Card that works well(Radeon 7500) and a slightly less one (Dont remember). So what would this do? Increase my fps (frames per second) maybe? And do I just install it and the drivers and thats all? Or do I have to do some cable business.
     
  4. Anon-125cdb8a9b

    Anon-125cdb8a9b Anonymized

    like i said i don't know anything else about this so, sory.....
     
  5. Mada_Milty

    Mada_Milty MajorGeek

    Heh, giant275 is talking about an SLI configuration, which is a proprietary Nvidia technology. If you have Radeon cards, you can only use one at a time. This is good if you want to have a powerful card for gaming, and a less powerful card for.....well, power consumption, I guess. That's the only perk I can think of. Sounds like extra equipment to fail, if you ask me. I'd stick to one, unless you can get an SLI config.
     
  6. Just Playin

    Just Playin MajorGeek

    ATI has an identical concept called Crossfire. Both require a special motherboard and, I believe, matching video cards.
     
  7. Mada_Milty

    Mada_Milty MajorGeek

    Ooops! My bad. Thanks for catching that, JP.
     

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