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Help with running an ATI and nVidia card together

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I've been using a GeForce 9800GT as my video card but I just bought a Radeon HD 3450 so I could use my 42" HDTV to watch movies on. Now, I know its not possible to run them together on Vista, but I'm on XP Pro x64 and I've heard that its possible. I have gotten the system to run with both cards in at the same time, and although if I plug my monitor into the 3450, I can get a display with the nVidia(primary slot) and I can extend it over to my TV. The nVidia control panel doesn't recognize the TV, but extending it through windows will bring it up. However, as soon as I drag any video over to the screen I get a black box where the picture should be and then a blue screen. Sometimes it catches the last 1/2 second of audio and loops it until shut down. Thanks in advance for any help, as I seem to be at the end of my rope.

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Can I ask why you don't just use the two outputs on the 9800? One to your TV one to your Monitor?

Reply to Iarwain

The 9800 doesn't have HDMI out. Thats why I got the ATI card. For now I've just been running the ATI card without the nVidia in at all. I suppose I'll just have to wait until I can afford a nicer new card with HDMI out.

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