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NVidia with ATI Graphics Card
Name: Kay Tee Pren Tiss Date: April 8, 2008 at 12:13:43 Pacific OS: Windows XP CPU/Ram: Quad Core Q6600 Product: P5B-E
Comment:
Is it possible to use an NVidia and a ATI graphics card together on the same machine?
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Name: Tubesandwires Date: April 8, 2008 at 14:08:19 Pacific
Reply:
For two cards on newer chipsets, NVidia video and NVidia main chipsets use SLI , ATI video and ATI/AMD main chipsets use Crossfire. You cannot connect them together, if they have the need for the physical wiring connection between cards, unless both cards are the same, either SLI or Crossfire, and the chipset supports the SLI or Crossfire the cards use. It's not ideal to mix them, but it should work??
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