Two gaming graphics card one GTX, one Radeon, Possible?

Nicholas Hanshaw · Apr 27, 2014

I am going to be building a new gaming rig here in the next few months and am currently in planning stages. I would like to have multiple graphics cards one being an Nvidia GTX and the other being an AMD Radeon. I've been looking and many people say its "impossible" or "it can't be done. But I've also come across some people saying they have done it but you need to install the AMD card first and in the first PCI slot. I am searching for some definitive answer to this because I would like to use both cards in my next build. Reason? Many games run differently depending on what card your running it on, and I would like to be able to use the card the game was optimized for. Also just because i think it would be cool!

Anybody know how to do this?

rolli59 · Apr 27, 2014

Why on earth would you want to do that, just get a high end either and you will be fine!

Gam3r01 · Apr 27, 2014

Can you, yes, the way you want to, no.

You can run an AMD card with an Nvidia card running the Physx for it. You would simply be better off picking a single card and going with that. Dual cards have their own issues, two different architectures? Horrible conflicts.
The "better" performance is 2-5 FPS at most, if that. Get a single card.

ak47jar3d · Apr 27, 2014

Yes, you can. You could even run sli and crossfire on the same pc. Why would anyone like to do that?

I HAVE NO IDEA!

Shneiky · Apr 27, 2014

Possible? Maybe - somehow, not very likely, close to impossible. Even if you do manage to get them run side by side - they will be so unstable. Also, I see no reason the drivers will let you.

Instead of wasting money on 2 cards - 1 AMD and 1 Nvidia - just use all that money for a single card. It will offer much more performance and without problems for the same money.

AgentTran · Apr 27, 2014

No, but yes. You could essentially, but logically you wouldn't.

mrmez · Apr 28, 2014

Worst idea ever.

When they say "optimised for AMD" etc, there is only a SLIGHT difference in FPS given the same price point.
You obviously have a budget, yeah. Splitting your budget over 2 half priced cards will likely drop 30-50% FPS.
But hey, at least you can gain MAYBE 5% of that back by switching to an 'optimised card'

Nicholas Hanshaw · Apr 28, 2014

Well I was planning on getting pretty much getting both high end cards but if the performance isn't really that much better on an optimized card than I wont bother.

rolli59 · Apr 28, 2014

Really not worth the bother one high end may get 70FPS when the other gets 60FPS depending on game and you would not be able to tell the difference.

Gam3r01 · Apr 28, 2014

For the same price as getting a second high end card for 10 extra FPS, you could
A: Get an even better card (760 vs 780Ti)
B: SLI/Xfire and get 60-80% higher performance
Both for the same price.

mrmez · Apr 28, 2014

An AMD 295x2 (the fastest single card) is ~$1,900 AUD
The fastest NV, GTX Titan is about $1,500.

You were going to spend ~$3,400 on just two graphics cards that you could only use 1 at a time?

The fastest single card is always the best option. SLI / Crossfire won't double your FPS, so cost/performance diminishes greatly, but it's the only option for people running multiple monitors or crazy resolution.

wh3resmycar · Apr 28, 2014

lucid was able to do that right?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydra_Engine

but to somewhat lackluster performance

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