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Windows 7: Using 2 monitors with 1 GPU. OK to use different 2 GPU brands for each
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05 Oct 2012
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#1 | |
Windows 7 64-bit Michigan - USA |
Using 2 monitors with 1 GPU. OK to add 2nd GPU; one for each monitor?
My video editing software renders much faster with compatible GPUs. I recently upgraded to a nVidia GTX 560 Ti which improved rendering 16%. I've like using two monitors but the second monitor drags down rendering performance of what it could be. I was wondering if using my old GIGABYTE Radeon HD 5670 as a second GPU would cause issues? This would not be a SLI setup, just one GPU for each monitor.
| My System Specs |
| System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom built 2011
OS Windows 7 64-bit
CPU Intel Core i5-2500K 3300 Mhz
Motherboard Gigabyte P67A-UD3-B3
Memory 16Gb Patriot PC3-12800 1600 Mhz
Graphics Card EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Ti (Fermi) & ATi Radeon HD5670
Sound Card On Motherboard
Monitor(s) Displays Dell U2412M & NEC EA232WMi
Screen Resolution DELL 1920x1200 - NEC 1920x1080
Keyboard Apple
Mouse Microsoft
PSU Seasonic M1211-620 Bronze
Case Antec Solo
Cooling Tuniq Tower 120 Extreme Rev 1
Hard Drives Crucial 128 Gb SSD
Hitachi Deskstar 2Tb 7200 RPM 32MB Cache
Seagate Barracuda 500Gb 7200 RPM
Hitachi GST Deskstar 1.5TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache
Internet Speed 5mbs
Other Info Sunbeam PL-RS-3 Rheosmart 3 Fan Controller 3.5" Bay 3 Channel 30W Fan Controller Panel
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06 Oct 2012
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#2 | |
Windows 7 64-bit Michigan - USA |
Anyone know if this is OK to do? | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom built 2011
OS Windows 7 64-bit
CPU Intel Core i5-2500K 3300 Mhz
Motherboard Gigabyte P67A-UD3-B3
Memory 16Gb Patriot PC3-12800 1600 Mhz
Graphics Card EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Ti (Fermi) & ATi Radeon HD5670
Sound Card On Motherboard
Monitor(s) Displays Dell U2412M & NEC EA232WMi
Screen Resolution DELL 1920x1200 - NEC 1920x1080
Keyboard Apple
Mouse Microsoft
PSU Seasonic M1211-620 Bronze
Case Antec Solo
Cooling Tuniq Tower 120 Extreme Rev 1
Hard Drives Crucial 128 Gb SSD
Hitachi Deskstar 2Tb 7200 RPM 32MB Cache
Seagate Barracuda 500Gb 7200 RPM
Hitachi GST Deskstar 1.5TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache
Internet Speed 5mbs
Other Info Sunbeam PL-RS-3 Rheosmart 3 Fan Controller 3.5" Bay 3 Channel 30W Fan Controller Panel
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06 Oct 2012
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#3 | |
Win 7 Ultimate x64 Etobicoke, Ontario |
In theory it should be OK. In practice, won't know until you try. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Me
OS Win 7 Ultimate x64
CPU Phenom II x4 955 @ 4 GHz.
Motherboard Asus M5A97 EVO
Memory 2x2 GB Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600
Graphics Card Sapphire HD 6850
Sound Card Xonar DGX w/ Logitech X-530
Monitor(s) Displays Acer S232HL Abid
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard Logitech Wave
Mouse Logitech G5 v2
PSU Antec Earthwatts 650W Green
Case Antec Three Hundred
Cooling Cooler Master 212 EVO
Hard Drives 120 GB OCZ Vertex 3
500 GB Seagate 7200.12
Internet Speed 24000/1000
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06 Oct 2012
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#4 | |
Windows 7 64-bit Michigan - USA |
| | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom built 2011
OS Windows 7 64-bit
CPU Intel Core i5-2500K 3300 Mhz
Motherboard Gigabyte P67A-UD3-B3
Memory 16Gb Patriot PC3-12800 1600 Mhz
Graphics Card EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Ti (Fermi) & ATi Radeon HD5670
Sound Card On Motherboard
Monitor(s) Displays Dell U2412M & NEC EA232WMi
Screen Resolution DELL 1920x1200 - NEC 1920x1080
Keyboard Apple
Mouse Microsoft
PSU Seasonic M1211-620 Bronze
Case Antec Solo
Cooling Tuniq Tower 120 Extreme Rev 1
Hard Drives Crucial 128 Gb SSD
Hitachi Deskstar 2Tb 7200 RPM 32MB Cache
Seagate Barracuda 500Gb 7200 RPM
Hitachi GST Deskstar 1.5TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache
Internet Speed 5mbs
Other Info Sunbeam PL-RS-3 Rheosmart 3 Fan Controller 3.5" Bay 3 Channel 30W Fan Controller Panel
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06 Oct 2012
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#5 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit NC |
I'm curious as well....let us know what happens.... | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom built
OS Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit
CPU AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-MA790X-DS4
Memory GSkill 4 X 2 GB PC 8500
Graphics Card XFX Radeon HD 6790 D
Sound Card On board RealTek HD
Monitor(s) Displays Dual monitors:Samsung SyncMaster S20B300
Screen Resolution 1600 X 900
Keyboard Logitech G510
Mouse Razor DeathAdder
PSU Ultra X4 750 watt fully modular
Case Thermaltake Overseer RX 1 full tower
Cooling Core-Contact 92 mm CPU Cooler
Hard Drives Seagate Barracuda 1TB (primary)
Seagate Barracuda 2 X 320 GB
Internet Speed 50/5 Mbps UL/DL
Other Info Optical: Super Muliti DVD burner w/lightscribe, Hauppauge WinTV HVR-1800
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06 Oct 2012
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#6 | |
Windows 7 64-bit Michigan - USA |
I'm concerned about multiple drivers, nVidia & AMD, clashing.
Any thoughts? | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom built 2011
OS Windows 7 64-bit
CPU Intel Core i5-2500K 3300 Mhz
Motherboard Gigabyte P67A-UD3-B3
Memory 16Gb Patriot PC3-12800 1600 Mhz
Graphics Card EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Ti (Fermi) & ATi Radeon HD5670
Sound Card On Motherboard
Monitor(s) Displays Dell U2412M & NEC EA232WMi
Screen Resolution DELL 1920x1200 - NEC 1920x1080
Keyboard Apple
Mouse Microsoft
PSU Seasonic M1211-620 Bronze
Case Antec Solo
Cooling Tuniq Tower 120 Extreme Rev 1
Hard Drives Crucial 128 Gb SSD
Hitachi Deskstar 2Tb 7200 RPM 32MB Cache
Seagate Barracuda 500Gb 7200 RPM
Hitachi GST Deskstar 1.5TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache
Internet Speed 5mbs
Other Info Sunbeam PL-RS-3 Rheosmart 3 Fan Controller 3.5" Bay 3 Channel 30W Fan Controller Panel
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06 Oct 2012
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#7 | |
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install the 2nd Card, let windows do its thing, Use the main power full card for gaming and its own drivers, should be just fine, no different too having 2 different hard drives. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Home Build.
OS Windows 7 Home Pre
CPU Q8200 Intell 2.333
Motherboard Asus P5Q3 Delux
Memory DDR3 1333 4gig
Graphics Card Ati HD4870
Sound Card Onboard Soundmax. 7.1
Monitor(s) Displays 1, 20" Samsung
Screen Resolution 1600/900
Keyboard Standard, Gaming Wolfking
Mouse Cm-storm-inferno-wired-gaming-mouse
PSU Good enough
Case Le Shark
Cooling FAN FAN FAN FAN, Thermaltake Minitype 90 with speed fan 4.
Internet Speed Sky Crappy upto 20meg I get a whapping 5.8mbs.
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06 Oct 2012
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#8 | |
Windows 7 64-bit Michigan - USA |
Quote: Originally Posted by mrdemon  install the 2nd Card, let windows do its thing, Use the main power full card for gaming and its own drivers, should be just fine, no different too having 2 different hard drives. You did mean 2 different graphic cards not "...different hard drives", right?  I'll give it a try. Thanks! | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom built 2011
OS Windows 7 64-bit
CPU Intel Core i5-2500K 3300 Mhz
Motherboard Gigabyte P67A-UD3-B3
Memory 16Gb Patriot PC3-12800 1600 Mhz
Graphics Card EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Ti (Fermi) & ATi Radeon HD5670
Sound Card On Motherboard
Monitor(s) Displays Dell U2412M & NEC EA232WMi
Screen Resolution DELL 1920x1200 - NEC 1920x1080
Keyboard Apple
Mouse Microsoft
PSU Seasonic M1211-620 Bronze
Case Antec Solo
Cooling Tuniq Tower 120 Extreme Rev 1
Hard Drives Crucial 128 Gb SSD
Hitachi Deskstar 2Tb 7200 RPM 32MB Cache
Seagate Barracuda 500Gb 7200 RPM
Hitachi GST Deskstar 1.5TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache
Internet Speed 5mbs
Other Info Sunbeam PL-RS-3 Rheosmart 3 Fan Controller 3.5" Bay 3 Channel 30W Fan Controller Panel
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07 Oct 2012
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#9 | |
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Yea, I was using it as a example, Yea, install the 1st major GFX and then place the other one in and let Windows install its own drivers. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Home Build.
OS Windows 7 Home Pre
CPU Q8200 Intell 2.333
Motherboard Asus P5Q3 Delux
Memory DDR3 1333 4gig
Graphics Card Ati HD4870
Sound Card Onboard Soundmax. 7.1
Monitor(s) Displays 1, 20" Samsung
Screen Resolution 1600/900
Keyboard Standard, Gaming Wolfking
Mouse Cm-storm-inferno-wired-gaming-mouse
PSU Good enough
Case Le Shark
Cooling FAN FAN FAN FAN, Thermaltake Minitype 90 with speed fan 4.
Internet Speed Sky Crappy upto 20meg I get a whapping 5.8mbs.
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07 Oct 2012
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#10 | |
Win 7 Pro 64-bit 7601 Italy |
Quote: Originally Posted by GARoss I'm concerned about multiple drivers, nVidia & AMD, clashing.
Any thoughts? Theoretically, they shouldn't. They get data from win 7 and output to screens. they don't talk to each other.
Still, have you tried using the integrated graphics for the secondary monitor? this thread seems to say it's worth a try. Cuts down a bit power consumption. | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number custom built
OS Win 7 Pro 64-bit 7601
CPU AMD Phenom 9650 QuadCore, revision DR-B3
Motherboard ASUS M4A78
Memory 4,00 GB
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
Sound Card Realtek High Definition Audio
Monitor(s) Displays Fujitsu Siemens P19-3P
Screen Resolution 1280 x 1024 x 32 bits @ 60 Hz Oh yeah, 4:3 rocks!
Keyboard Microsoft, whatever.
Mouse Optical, logitec.
PSU whatever, around 450w
Case Scavenged from old company PC, 10+ years old
Cooling CPU fan, GPU fan, case fan, nothing fancy
Hard Drives (1) MAXTOR S TM3320613AS SATA Disk Device (2) STM35004 18AS SATA Disk Device (3) TOSHIBA USB 2.5"-HDD
Internet Speed effective max speeds: 70-ish kB/s down 30-ish kB/s up
Antivirus Avira, free endition.
Browser Firefox with FXChrome to make it look like Google Chrome
Other Info Was discarded by previous owner due to "horrible performance".
Was running Win Xp from a IDE drive. Yeah. Was a pain.
SATA II drive and Win7 and it zips away! Yay!
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