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This is a really odd idea I just had, but is it possible to have two video cards in a pc and run some kind of virtualization software to make it act as two separate computers? I saw LinusTechTips do a video with their 7 gpu 1 cpu build. Ive got a gtx 950 and a older ati radeon hd 5770. If i put both of them into my computer can i somehow run one off a separate monitor to use it as another pc? Basically im trying to setup a lan using one pc and two gpus. If not, oh well it was a random idea. Also feel free to move this to the right category if this is the wrong one.
 
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What they did on LTT was run windows virtually. There was a host program which then split all the resources of the computer between the 7 gaming setups and one smaller (I believe it was linux based?) overall host OS. You can use those cards just fine but the bottleneck will come with the CPU. A general i3 or i5 will simply not do the job, reason being there aren't enough cores to split between two people and the host OS. If you have an octa-core FX from AMD or hexa-core i7/xeon from Intel, then you should be good to go.

Remember you also need to duplicate everything else, keyboards, mice, windows keys etc. Hard drives can be partitioned at the cost of performance...but hey, if you want to give it a go linux is an option and there are games for it (CS:GO is available for linux isn't it...?) Good luck :) ~
 
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thanks BUT, can i use it with my gtx 950 and ati 5770? Different brands so idk. Also what kind of Psu would i need for running both of these cards? Ive only got a 500w EVGA PSU right now.
 
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What if the games ill be playing wont be pushing the cpu? Ive got a i5 4460.

 
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The software won't care too much and your operating system will allow both to coexist without an issue. As I said before though you will need to research multi seat software for windows and then from there make an informed choice if the software will work for what you are trying to accomplish. You PSU will probably be fine as neither of those cards use much power.
 
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Awesome thanks! I'll just be using to play lan supported games with my brother when he visits.
 
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It would be identical to performance bottleneck. If you assign each player one core and leave two for the host OS then it will be the equivalent of having either computer run both windows and playing a game on a single core. If I may, what are you intending to play? ~
 
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Not entirely sure yet. Maybe some TF2 and some other older games. nothing serious.
 
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