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How do you run 2 different graphic cards in 1 computer?

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October 14, 2014 7:08:42 AM

OK so I need to run my Quadro card for design but its crap for gaming so I am going to add a GTX 770. How do you switch btw the 2 so that when I am designing I use the design card and when I am gaming I use the GTX ?

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October 14, 2014 7:14:14 AM

You just need a motherboard with 2 PCIe x16 slots. Change the "default" card in the nvidia control panel when you want to switch tasks.

Although I dont think the quadro drivers are compatible with geforce cards and they probably wont play nice together.
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October 14, 2014 7:14:35 AM

Just take the old one out, put the new one in and install it
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October 14, 2014 7:23:08 AM

you cannot run 2 graphics cards with different models in it however if you had 2 770s you could
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October 14, 2014 7:28:38 AM

Hmm so basically you have to run 2 of the same type cards which wont work since I need the quadro for design.
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October 14, 2014 7:38:54 AM

Zachasaurs said:
you cannot run 2 graphics cards with different models in it however if you had 2 770s you could


That's wrong, you can run them just fine, you just can't SLI them.
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October 14, 2014 9:08:52 AM

SLI is a different kind of Crossfire, one brand uses SLI and the other used crossfire. And Traciatim is correct!
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October 14, 2014 10:42:20 AM

Ok so if I can run 2 different cards, how would you switch btw them when you wanted to game or design?
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October 14, 2014 11:56:36 AM

You will have to enable one, and disable the other if that's what you mean. Try this

Instructions
1 Login as an administrator to the PC and navigate to the Control Panel.
2 Click on "System", and then click on the "Device Manager" link.
3 Search the list of hardware for the name of your graphics card.
4 Right-click on the hardware and select "Enable". Exit and save changes if prompted.
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October 15, 2014 10:00:04 AM

Shamar Holtz said:
You will have to enable one, and disable the other if that's what you mean. Try this

Instructions
1 Login as an administrator to the PC and navigate to the Control Panel.
2 Click on "System", and then click on the "Device Manager" link.
3 Search the list of hardware for the name of your graphics card.
4 Right-click on the hardware and select "Enable". Exit and save changes if prompted.


So how is this going to solve the driver problem?
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October 15, 2014 11:21:19 AM

nick779 said:
Shamar Holtz said:
You will have to enable one, and disable the other if that's what you mean. Try this

Instructions
1 Login as an administrator to the PC and navigate to the Control Panel.
2 Click on "System", and then click on the "Device Manager" link.
3 Search the list of hardware for the name of your graphics card.
4 Right-click on the hardware and select "Enable". Exit and save changes if prompted.


So how is this going to solve the driver problem?


it wont either get a 2nd of the more gaming ready graphics car
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October 15, 2014 11:36:28 AM

You can take apart the GPU and disconnect/jump two resistors on the back of the card to change the "ID", as the card uses impedance to relay the model to your computer. By jumping the resistors you can spoof it into tricking your computer its professional workstation card of matching architecture and then you can push it with quadro... You can also use a different second card as a dedicated PhysX processor.

This voids warranty, and if you do it incorrectly you could destroy your card by heating the wrong things up.
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October 15, 2014 11:41:26 AM

sours said:
You can take apart the GPU and disconnect/jump two resistors on the back of the card to change the "ID", as the card uses impedance to relay the model to your computer. By jumping the resistors you can spoof it into tricking your computer its professional workstation card of matching architecture and then you can push it with quadro... You can also use a different second card as a dedicated PhysX processor.

This voids warranty, and if you do it incorrectly you could destroy your card by heating the wrong things up.


Well okay....
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