Two video cards on the same motherboard ?

jamaso · 03-02-2003, 08:47 AM

Hi !

I have two video cards (i think they are agp/pci) and like to know if i can hook it on a single mother board . thanks for your time.

acid_kewpie · 03-02-2003, 09:15 AM

of course, just plug them in no problem...

zaphraud · 03-02-2003, 03:23 PM

Hasn't Linux been able to do multiple video cards since well before Windows could?

acid_kewpie · 03-02-2003, 03:45 PM

i believe so. the way that X works as a server client model things like that are basically implicit features, as opposed to a direct service in windows, where things will need to delibertaly bolted on.

jamaso · 03-02-2003, 05:08 PM

thanks.
one thing, tough, will i get into trouble running windows?
amd more important i think i was wrong, i have only one slot available the rest are pci , how can i do it ?

or is it not possible with my motherboard ?

thanks again.

acid_kewpie · 03-02-2003, 05:10 PM

oh you mean you have two agp cards? well no you can't use them if they won't physically fit... some mobos have multiple AGP i think, but they'er few and far between. personally i have 1 agp and one pci, works super.

jamaso · 03-03-2003, 03:32 AM

thank you, i will try to switch it for a pci one of this days, eheh.I have been given a pentium III 500Mhz with a malfunctioning motherboard that the owner just wasn't interested and i want to make use of the spare parts on my computer or maybe even "build" a new one.

whansard · 03-03-2003, 04:40 AM

most modern computers have a setting in the cmos
where you can choose to initialize a pci or agp
video card first. that way you can leave both in and
change them with that setting.
or you could just duck tape the extra card inside your case.
sometimes i tape extra old simms chips in my computer
so i can have a weird amount of ram "in my computer".

like a 512 meg dimm and 3 1-meg simms taped inside,
and you've got 515 megs of ram "in" your computer.
Positively corking!

brian_eye · 03-04-2003, 03:22 PM

I'm using the Matrox Millennium G450 card. This card fits in one AGP slot and supports up to 2 monitors. The monitors don't have to be the same type. See www.matrox.com for mgapdesk, the matrox utility for Linux configuration. I run dual-boot in Win2k and RedHat 7.2, no problem.

rickenbacherus · 03-05-2003, 12:08 PM

Here are a coupla links for multiple monitors in win:

MC MCSE

m$ knowledge base

wapcaplet · 03-06-2003, 08:09 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by whansard
or you could just duck tape the extra card inside your case.
sometimes i tape extra old simms chips in my computer
so i can have a weird amount of ram "in my computer".

like a 512 meg dimm and 3 1-meg simms taped inside,
and you've got 515 megs of ram "in" your computer.
Positively corking!

Now that is just plain silly

jgr220 · 03-06-2003, 08:46 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by whansard

or you could just duck tape the extra card inside your case

like a 512 meg dimm and 3 1-meg simms taped inside,
and you've got 515 megs of ram "in" your computer.
Positively corking!

That'd throw a wrench into a forum

mobo asus753957359
hd 60g ide
video GeForce 4200squared
memory 515 mb