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Can I run two different video cards at one time.

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August 17, 2014 10:27:42 AM

Hello I am new to this forum and very new to building my own computer.

My question is this, is it possible to run two video cards that are different at the same time.

My scenario is this I want to run a Vision Tek HD 7750 for 3 monitors that I use as a work station. I also would like to run a R9 270 on a different larger monitor for gaming. Is it possible to do so.

The rest of my computer build is as follows.
Cooler master HAF 912 tower
msi 970 gaming AM3+ ATX AMD motherboard
AMD FX-8350 8 Core 4GHz
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU cooler
630 Watt 80+ bronze power supply by Rosewill (modular)
8 GB AMD Radeon low profile RAM 1866
250 GB SSD Samsung evo
Western Digital 1TB HDD 7200RPM

If possible
Vision Tek HD 7750 attached to 3 monitors as workstation
R9 270 attached to 1 larger monitor for gaming.

other possiblity is to run two of the R9 270's in crossfire but not sure if that would support the 5 monitors.

Any insight would be very much appreciated. Up until now I have always just bought my computers from online distributors but thought it was time I stepped up and built one.

Not sure if this matters but the 4 monitors are all asus, 1x 24 inches 2x 21inches in vertical position. The larger monitor is 27 inches

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August 17, 2014 11:27:03 AM

Ethan8080 said:
Hello I am new to this forum and very new to building my own computer.

My question is this, is it possible to run two video cards that are different at the same time.

My scenario is this I want to run a Vision Tek HD 7750 for 3 monitors that I use as a work station. I also would like to run a R9 270 on a different larger monitor for gaming. Is it possible to do so.

The rest of my computer build is as follows.
Cooler master HAF 912 tower
msi 970 gaming AM3+ ATX AMD motherboard
AMD FX-8350 8 Core 4GHz
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU cooler
630 Watt 80+ bronze power supply by Rosewill (modular)
8 GB AMD Radeon low profile RAM 1866
250 GB SSD Samsung evo
Western Digital 1TB HDD 7200RPM

If possible
Vision Tek HD 7750 attached to 3 monitors as workstation
R9 270 attached to 1 larger monitor for gaming.

other possiblity is to run two of the R9 270's in crossfire but not sure if that would support the 5 monitors.

Any insight would be very much appreciated. Up until now I have always just bought my computers from online distributors but thought it was time I stepped up and built one.

Not sure if this matters but the 4 monitors are all asus, 1x 24 inches 2x 21inches in vertical position. The larger monitor is 27 inches



I would just use the to 270's in x-fire. one supports 4 monitors on its own i believe. I also think you can use both sets of connectors.
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August 17, 2014 12:43:53 PM

Thank you, that makes sense.
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August 17, 2014 1:39:05 PM

best answer?
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