My GPU is a co-processor? help!

[internet cable]

Hi there, i am having a strange issue where my second GPU is showing up in device manager as a 'co-processor' and not as a display adapter, it is an nvidia 9500gt 1gb, and my primary card is a radeon HD4890 1gb. i have ran both a 7600gs and a 7500le so i know i can run an nvidia card and an amd card togeather, i just need to make it work :S this hasn't happened before and drivers will not install

please help!!

 

[Vettedude]

You can't run both an AMD card and Nvidia. The 7500le came out in 2001 anyways, maybe you could have done it back then, but you can't now.

 

[internet cable]

why would it work then and not now? i have had it working before so i KNOW its possible :/

 

[Vettedude]

Because 11 years have passed and Drivers are totally different. And the architectures used have almost no similarities.

 

[bystander]

What is the purpose of the 2nd card? If it is simply there to drive extra monitors on the desktop, you can use both Nvidia and AMD together as long as you are using Win XP or Win 7, Vista won't allow it. Through a driver hack, it is also possible to use an AMD as the main graphics card and an Nvidia PhysX card, but your 9500 isn't good enough to be used that way.

 

[internet cable]

9500 is purely to drive a 3rd monitor, what is this driver hack you speak of?

 

[bystander]

You should have no need for a driver hack for that purpose.

However, you cannot be using Windows Vista.

 

[internet cable]

i am using windows 7 64 bit and the 9500 shows up in device manager as a 'co-processor' not a display adapter

 

[bystander]

Have you installed the drivers for the 9500?

 

[internet cable]

i cant, it just says 'no nvidia product found' or something

 

[bystander]

You may have a defective card, or its not fully seated.