Vista - Using multiple graphic cards

Greetings!
I've got 2 displays atached to my ATI X1950XT wich has 2 DVI connectors. Now
the thing is that I would like to install a third display using my second
graphic card ( NOTE! its different ) its a old PCI with only one vga but how
do I install it in VISTA? Does Vista support multiple graphic drivers?

Yours Björn Smedberg

Hi,

Just try it. Install the card, boot up and install the drivers. Attach a
monitor, then use the advanced display properties to determine how you want
the monitor used.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
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Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Björn Smedberg" <Björn Smedberg@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Its not so much whether Vista will be ok, which generally it will be, but
whether these two cards will work together.
You might care to check this site
http://www.realtimesoft.com/multimon/db.asp


"Björn Smedberg" <Björn Smedberg@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Ive tried however, my graphic cards (x1950xt) fan spinns like a maniac,
nothing is displayed on any screen but the one attached to the newly inserted
pci card. When I reach the "desktop" i cant access the cataclys controle
center used to manage my x1950xt since the drivers are wrong or something
like that.

Am I just supposed to install the new drivers for this card and hope for
Vista to handle it?

Thanks for the fast reply!
Bjorn Smedberg

"Rick Rogers" wrote:

Hi,

Make sure the other card is the primary one in the system BIOS.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Björn Smedberg" <BjrnSmedberg@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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How do you set a card to be PRIMARY in bios ? and what does that mean? (for
the


Others wrote following:

WinXP, 2 monitors, 2 video cards
AthlonXP 1800+
1 GB RAM
Win XP SP2
Card 1:
AGP, Nvidia GeForce 4 Ti 4200 chipset
Drivers from Nvidia homepage
Card 2:
PCI ATI Mach64, ATI mach64 chipset
Windows XP standard driver, card was recognized correctly. BUT: ATI card had
to be set as primary in BIOS (PCI as primary graphic adapter). No problems in
windows.


Another wrote

Win2000, Linux, 3 monitors, 2 video cards
Athlon 2000+ @ 1666
256MB DDR333
20GB old Quantum hd, slooow
Card 1:
PCI ATI Mach64, ATI mach64 chipset
No problems
Card 2:
AGP ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB, ATI Radeon 9800 Pro chipset
No problems


Conclusion:
It works? But will have to be primary card in bios, Now that makes me ask
question no 2 as i asked above, how. I really dont want it to affect the
prefomance of my x1950xt


Thanks again for the fast replies!

Hello Bjorn,

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929456/en-us

To support multiple graphics adapters in Windows Vista, the following
conditions must be true: All the graphics adapters must use the same driver
model. Therefore, all the graphics adapters must use Windows XP Display
Driver Model (XDDM) drivers. Or, all the graphics adapters must use Longhorn
Display Driver Model (LDDM) drivers.
If the graphics adapters use Windows Vista Display Driver Model (WDDM)
drivers, all the graphics adapters must use the same driver. For example,
you may have two graphics adapters that use the same driver. Or, you may
have a Dualview graphics adapter. For more information about Dualview, visit
the following Microsoft Web site:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e.../dualview.mspx

You would need both gpus to be from the same manufacturer.




"Björn Smedberg" <Björn Smedberg@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Jane, not plain 64 bit enabled :-)
Batteries not included. Braincell on vacation ;-)
MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

well yes... they are but they are not in the same series, one ATI Mac64
(realy old) and one ATI Radeon X1950XT so they dont use the same drivers
probably but Vista still finds someting for it. In Hardware manager it says
"standard vga card" or something alike.