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Old 12-29-2008   #1 (permalink)
Cheato3825


 
 

Install 2 Video Cards on Vista, 1 Nvidia, 1 ATI?

I have 2 graphics cards in my computer, one a Nvidia 9600GT which goes to my
22 inch monitor, and an ATI X1550 which goes to a 15 inch monitor. I do this
so i can keep open programs like aim on my small monitor but still be able to
play games on the 22 inch without losing any performance. In XP all i had to
do was install my nvidia drivers and then my ATI drivers and I was good to
go, is there any way to do this in Vista??



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Old 12-29-2008   #2 (permalink)
Don


 
 

Re: Install 2 Video Cards on Vista, 1 Nvidia, 1 ATI?



"Cheato3825" <Cheato3825@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:

> I have 2 graphics cards in my computer, one a Nvidia 9600GT which goes to
> my
> 22 inch monitor, and an ATI X1550 which goes to a 15 inch monitor. I do
> this
> so i can keep open programs like aim on my small monitor but still be able
> to
> play games on the 22 inch without losing any performance. In XP all i had
> to
> do was install my nvidia drivers and then my ATI drivers and I was good to
> go, is there any way to do this in Vista??
>
>

I am not familiar with doing that, but let me ask - why not just use the
dual outputs of one of the video cards to run the two monitors?

I have an 8800 GTS card and use the dual dvi outputs to power a 22"
widescreen lcd and a 19" lcs. I set them up to extend the desktop onto the
secondary monitor and can drag programs over to it to run.
Does not seem to hurt performance in any of my games.



--
Don



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Old 12-29-2008   #3 (permalink)
Bender


 
 

Re: Install 2 Video Cards on Vista, 1 Nvidia, 1 ATI?

Yes, see http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device...imonVista.mspx

"Cheato3825" <Cheato3825@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:8F348326-C9DE-4360-876C-95B4803BF6FC@xxxxxx
Quote:

> I have 2 graphics cards in my computer, one a Nvidia 9600GT which goes to
> my
> 22 inch monitor, and an ATI X1550 which goes to a 15 inch monitor. I do
> this
> so i can keep open programs like aim on my small monitor but still be able
> to
> play games on the 22 inch without losing any performance. In XP all i had
> to
> do was install my nvidia drivers and then my ATI drivers and I was good to
> go, is there any way to do this in Vista??
>
>
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