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Can these two cards fit on the same motherboard?

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November 9, 2013 6:48:42 AM

Hello,
This is my mobo:
http://www.asrock.com/MB/overview.asp?Model=P43Twins160...
I want to put two video cards on it (not SLI), one for games (in the PCI-E slot) and another in order to connect the PC to an old TV (on the PCI slot).

Gigabyte GeForce GTX650 GV-N650OC-2GI
OR
Gigabyte GeForce GTX650 GV-N65TBOC-1GD

and:
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/New-ATI-Radeon-7500-64MB-PCI-Vid...

Will there be enough room for both of them on the mobo?
Will they both work with Windows 7?
Will they interfere with each other in any way?

Thanks!

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November 9, 2013 8:12:58 AM

They would both fit on your motherboard but I would not recommend do ing this. You are using GPUs from different companies and they won't play nice with each other.

A better solution is to buy the Gigabyte GeForce GTX650 GV-N650OC-2GI, which has a VGA (blue) port on it. you can buy a VGA to SVideo converter very cheaply and connect your TV that way.
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November 9, 2013 8:32:10 AM

Ditch the 7500

Use one of these on the new card
http://www.ebay.com/bhp/vga-to-s-video-male
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November 9, 2013 8:37:08 AM

omergrigg said:
what about this one on the PCI slot:
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Nvidia-GeForce-FX5200-256MB-PCI-...


A better solution is to buy the Gigabyte GeForce GTX650 GV-N650OC-2GI, which has a VGA (blue) port on it. you can buy a VGA to SVideo converter very cheaply and connect your TV that way.

You really don't need another GPU. That was in my first post to you.
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November 9, 2013 8:38:37 AM

there are a lot of scam cables out there. I don't think it's possible to just connect the two without actually converting the VGA signal into S-VIDEO with an active converter.
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November 9, 2013 8:54:58 AM

omergrigg said:
p1nnacle,
I understand your advice. Assuming I prefer a second card instead of needing a converter, I'm asking if the old geforce PCI S-VIDEO card will work with the new one.

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Nvidia-GeForce-FX5200-256MB-PCI-...


They should (probably) play ok together. That said, this is the worst possible way to achieve what you are trying to do, and I wouldn't recommend any other method than what I or huilun02 already suggested to you.
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November 9, 2013 9:04:45 AM

omergrigg said:
Thanks. I heard that there are many crazy knockoff cables out there that don't work.
Is it really possible to use this kind of cable (http://www.ebay.com/bhp/vga-to-s-video-male) without *converting* the signal?


To the best of my knowledge, yes, they should work fine. Worst case scenario you're out a couple dollars. I'd recommend one with Svideo and RCA outputs (RYW).
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November 9, 2013 9:12:47 AM

I see getting an S-video output from a graphic card's VGA can be quite an iffy issue. Maybe get a converter box instead.

http://www.ebay.com/bhp/video-to-vga-converter-box

Try to find one at a local pc store. Not worth importing something that doesn't cost a lot, from random unknown sources.
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