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    Graphics card question

    Greetings, I have a question on graphics cards. I want to add a second graphics card to my system so I can bridge the two and add 2 more displays to my system. My question is if I use two different cards will they work together or will they fight for dominance.

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    Brewmaster Majesticii's Avatar
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    What do you mean by "bridge the two"? Which graphics cards are we talking about, and in what system.
    Try to give more information regarding your question.

    In theory two graphics cards can work seperatly in a single system. But a 3D application will still only use only 1 card, unless it's a SLI/CF setup.

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    First you need to check if your current card supports crossfire/eyefinity (I think for nvidia?).
    ATI cards support up to 6 monitors each.
    PM me weird stuff :3

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    well system specs are here however looking at the card I have I can just plug a 3rd one into the other dvi port. I want to run a third monitor to keep some things open on it. Like system info, weather radar etc etc. Think I'll just pick up a cable today and work with the card I have for now.

    PC specs
    Graphics card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150609
    Processor: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819116501
    HDD 1: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148840
    HDD 2: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148910
    RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820104169
    Monitors x2: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16824236049
    Power supply: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817182084
    Motherboard: http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z77%20Extreme6/

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    I forgot to add the third monitor I want to add currently is an older dell monitor.

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    Why would you link your specs like this, forcing us to click every link. It makes no sense.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Majesticii View Post
    Why would you link your specs like this, forcing us to click every link. It makes no sense.
    I didn't think clicking links would be hard. If you wanted the information in a specific format you could've said so.

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    That card supports 3 monitors. You might need an HDMI->DVI cable/adapter, but they aren't expensive.

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    Buy an active display-port to DVI adapter and you can plug it into the first card.
    Your motherboard should also have a DVI out that you can use.
    Unless you still want a second graphics card for performance reasons, I'd look into the above.
     

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