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kurtcrosbie   11-10-2008 at 02:16:30 PM

I have one pci-e x16 slot and one pci-e x1 slot. I am running a Galaxy 512mb 9600GT in the x16 slot. The primary monitor will be connected to that. I understand that the just the first card renders the graphics. Does this mean that it doesn't matter what kind of card I get for the pci-e x1 slot to run the secondary monitors?

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jitpublisher   11-10-2008 at 02:53:57 PM
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XP will support different GPU's with different drivers, although a lot of folks say it's kind of a pain to get it work correctly. Never tried it myself, just going by hear-say.
Vista will support more than 1 card only if they both use the exact same drivers.

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huron   11-10-2008 at 03:13:18 PM
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Yep...exactly jit. There are plenty of articles about how to do different drivers in XP and get it working, and how to get it to work in Vista as well.

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kurtcrosbie   11-10-2008 at 04:12:39 PM
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I actually just meant, will it matter if the card I put in the pci-e x1 slot is older? I have just heard that you can have a cheapy in the 2nd slot and it wont affect graphics that much because the first card renders. Is this true?

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