Can I run a 2GB GEFORCE GTX 750 Ti with a MSI NVIDIA GTX 970 Gaming Twin Frozr HDMI DVI-I DP Graphics Card?

DVENOM · Jan 13, 2016

Basically in my current setup i have a 2GB GEFORCE GTX 750 Ti graphics card, now I know that this card does not support sLi so i know I cant run the 2 cards in sLi however i wanted to know to know if it would be possible to have both cards in my pc at the same time and have the drivers on both fully functioning and installed or whether this wouldn't be possible.

Thanks in advance, Dario

P.S. i state again I KNOW THE 2GB GEFORCE GTX 750 Ti DOES NOT SUPPORT SLI I just want to know whether i would be able to have both cards in my rig at the same time with both cards drivers installed, as i have 2 monitors so was thinking to run one graphics card to one and the other card to the other monitor.

any advice / tips / suggestions and answers will be greatly appreciated!

utroz · Jan 13, 2016

Yeah it should work no problem. I have done similar things many times.

blazorthon · Jan 13, 2016

You should also be able to use the 750 Ti to improve PhysX performance in games that can use it by letting it process the PhysX calculations instead of having the 970 do everything. Just a suggestion.

Gam3r01 · Jan 13, 2016

Yep, entirely possible.
You can either have the 750Ti run a second monitor, or have it compute physx for the 970. (The former being more useful than the latter)

DVENOM · Jan 13, 2016

Thanks Guys! So how would I go about allowing the 750 to process the calculations for the Physx for the games that would allow it to do so? And gam3r01 are you saying it would be better to use the graphics card to run my second monitor rather than use it to compute for the Physx?

utroz · Jan 13, 2016

DVENOM :

Personally I would rather have a second monitor than a dedicated PhysX card. But to setup the second card as a dedicated PhysX card the setting should be in the Nvidia control panel settings.

blazorthon · Jan 13, 2016

Is there any reason you can't do both, at least assuming you don't need the second monitor while gaming?

utroz · Jan 13, 2016

blazorthon :

I would think all he would have to do is change the setting in the Nvidia control panel anytime he is playing a game that uses PhysX. Kinda a pain in the butt but definitely doable IMO.. I wonder if there is a way to have it automatically change depending on what progam/game you run with gaming profiles or something like that.

DVENOM · Jan 13, 2016

Thanks again for the replies guys! Just a quick question I've thought of none of the driver software will clash will it? Like I'll be fine to install both sets of driver etc.. And I'm going to look a bit deeper into this whole Physx idea and see what it's about, do a bit of research and then decide what to do with that card! Thanks for all the replies though, you guys's have helped me out once again!

utroz · Jan 13, 2016

DVENOM :

They are both Nvida so they actually might be able to use the exact same driver version and installer.

Gam3r01 · Jan 13, 2016

Since so few games use Physx these days, and since the 970 is so capable, it wouldnt really matter to most people. (If you play say Killing Floor 2, it would make a difference)

DVENOM · Jan 14, 2016

Cheers for your answers guys. Yet again helped clear up a few things.
Thanks, Dario

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