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Multiple, different Nvidia Graphics cards in one PC?

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August 17, 2014 8:11:09 AM

Hi,
I was just thinking about whether I could put more than one Nvidia Graphics card within my current build?
I am currently running a GTX650ti, and have a GTX 460 lying around, so I was wondering if I could put the 460, alongside my 650ti?
I only have one monitor at the moment, but am getting another soon.
If this is possible, how do I go about setting up both cards. I am assuming they have different dated drivers, since the 460 is getting a little old.

Thanks :D 

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August 17, 2014 8:19:40 AM

Well you can use the 460 as a physix processor but you're better off using the GTX 650ti alone as its stronger and only thing GTX 460 will do is hinder its potential

Video proof : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbww3dhzK0M
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August 17, 2014 8:25:37 AM

I don't think you can have 2 different chipsets together in the same pc...
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August 17, 2014 8:30:33 AM

TopLuca said:
Well you can use the 460 as a physix processor but you're better off using the GTX 650ti alone as its stronger and only thing GTX 460 will do is hinder its potential

Video proof : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbww3dhzK0M


So it's pointless doing then, like the video showed? :/ 
Is it worth just selling the GTX460 then, since I could then save to get another 650ti...
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August 17, 2014 8:35:00 AM

Yes, sli 650ti might be good
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August 17, 2014 9:43:36 AM

You can definitely run multiple different graphics cards in the same system, you cannot CF or SLI them but you can run as many different types of cards independently as your board can support.

You could use the GTX 460 as a PhysX engine, but it will only matter in the games that support GPU physX, the list is getting longer but those games are still few
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_games_with_hardwar...

Back in 2010 tom's ran an article about how to hack it to work with an AMD GPU in the system and saw great gains in games that were getting CPU limited due to physX. It can work, and it will take less work for you since both your GPUs are nVidia. Give it a shot, it might help some things.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/nvidia-physx-hack-a...
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August 18, 2014 8:54:08 AM

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Actually, I was wondering, if the GTX460 would maybe be a bit too powerful tu run as just an PhysX engine, how about an ATI Radeon HD 5450, since it's alot less powerful and maybe wont bottleneck my GTX650ti?
Also, the ATI Radeon HD 5450 is a much smaller card and would more likely fit into my Computer.
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August 18, 2014 9:14:09 AM

iKnowNothingAtAll said:
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Actually, I was wondering, if the GTX460 would maybe be a bit too powerful tu run as just an PhysX engine, how about an ATI Radeon HD 5450, since it's alot less powerful and maybe wont bottleneck my GTX650ti?
Also, the ATI Radeon HD 5450 is a much smaller card and would more likely fit into my Computer.
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You won't see any performance difference unless its the 650ti and in that case SLI is the more viable option.
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August 18, 2014 11:26:41 AM

TopLuca said:
iKnowNothingAtAll said:
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Actually, I was wondering, if the GTX460 would maybe be a bit too powerful tu run as just an PhysX engine, how about an ATI Radeon HD 5450, since it's alot less powerful and maybe wont bottleneck my GTX650ti?
Also, the ATI Radeon HD 5450 is a much smaller card and would more likely fit into my Computer.
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You won't see any performance difference unless its the 650ti and in that case SLI is the more viable option.


I researched what SLI is, because as my name states, I know nothing...
From what I can tell I can't set up an SLI between my 650ti and 460, can I. Can I only set up an SLI between two of the same cards? In that case is it worth selling the GTX460, and saving up for another 650ti?

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August 18, 2014 11:30:17 AM

Yes Sling is only possible if they are the same card , the GTX 460 is worth selling.
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