It is possible to have two different Video cards on my computer, Gaming and Pro?

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albertojaps

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Hello everyone, I would like to know if its possible to have TWO Different Video Cards, specifically the next Video Cards:

1) AMD FirePro V4900 (Proffesional)

2) Nvidia GTX 560 (Gaming)

Specs of my PC:

MB: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (Socket AM3+)
CPU: AMD FX 8320
RAM: 16 GB DDR3

SSD: Corsair Force GS 180 GB

HDD: 2 x 1 TB Western Digital Blue
1 x 2 TB Samsung
1 x 500 GB Samsung

BluRay R/W LG

PSU: Cooler Master 500 W Extreme Power Plus
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My Motherboard have 2 PCI Express x 16 slots, one works at x16, and the other works at x4.

I just bought the AMD FirePro V4900 to work with Autodesk Inventor.

If its possible, please let me know.

Thanks.
 
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sirstinky
I can't say that I have ever seen or heard of a configuration like that. I'm leaning towards probably not, just because you'll have two different display adapters in your system. Not only that, but they're different GPU's. AMD's GPU's are different than NVIDIA's, and for the same reason you can't run two different graphics cards (different GPU) in an SLI (for NVIDIA) or CrossFireX (AMD). Also, the two GPU's are designed to do specific things with specific and specialized programs, and the drivers for those programs are specially designed for them. Enthusiast GPU's like the GTX cards and professional GPU's like the FirePro differ in that they use specialized drivers and they are "tuned" differently. Enthusiast cards are typically clocked...
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I can't say that I have ever seen or heard of a configuration like that. I'm leaning towards probably not, just because you'll have two different display adapters in your system. Not only that, but they're different GPU's. AMD's GPU's are different than NVIDIA's, and for the same reason you can't run two different graphics cards (different GPU) in an SLI (for NVIDIA) or CrossFireX (AMD). Also, the two GPU's are designed to do specific things with specific and specialized programs, and the drivers for those programs are specially designed for them. Enthusiast GPU's like the GTX cards and professional GPU's like the FirePro differ in that they use specialized drivers and they are "tuned" differently. Enthusiast cards are typically clocked higher with faster memory subsystems. They are also optimized to play games, which requires data to be processed quickly for a smooth playback of the game. Pro cards aren't designed for speed, but precision and rendering huge chunks of data as efficiently and precisely as possible. Pro cards also have built in error-correction that corrects binary errors. So, while a pro card can play games, it won't do it as well. You can do pro work with an enthusiast card, but it won't do it as well as a pro card. It takes a $3000 pro card to game on the same level as a $300 enthusiast card.
 
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No. AMD and Nvidia Card on same machine won't be good.
You can either use one.
Plus consider your PSU as it is on peak, a little more difference in your specs may require better PSU with more Watts to supply.
 
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