Both video cards being used?

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by xscottx, Apr 10, 2007.

  1. xscottx

    xscottx Private E-2

    I have two 256MB ATI Radeon X1300PRO video cards. I have a funny feeling that both of them aren't being used together. I have checked device manager and both of them are enabled. The 256MB ATI Radeon X1300 and the 256MB ATI Radeon X1300 Secondary are both enabled. Have any ideas as to how else I can check that they are both being used?

    Cheers
    Scott
     
  2. viper_boy403

    viper_boy403 MajorGeek

    what makes u think that they arent being used together? they are both low end cards so you shouldnt be expecting anything too drastic
     
  3. Stenmin1

    Stenmin1 Private E-2

    Are you running them with Crossfire? If not, I do believe you are correct that one of your cards isn't being used. Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm under the assumption that only 1 card per monitor is used, unless you're using SLI or Crossfire(in your case it has to be Crossfire) and then you can have 2 cards working for a single monitor.

    Also if you ARE running Crossfire, as Viper said, don't expect anything great with them.
     
  4. viper_boy403

    viper_boy403 MajorGeek

    yea i assumed that you had the crossfire cable hooked up (the one that connects both of the cards externally and plugs into a single monitor) and that you have a crossfire-capable mothherboard
     

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