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Huge lag when running on 2 videocards
I do a lot of gaming on my computer, but also do a lot of work. If you've never tried it, 4 monitors really helps with AI and coding assignments. I do have a few problems gaming however. I run 2 monitors on my GTX 550, and 2 more on my GT430. When I running something on my GTX 550, I sometimes pull up firefox on the monitor directly to its right, running on the 430.
Either of these cards can run the game itself just fine, but when I do this, I often see my performance in game drop drastically, sometimes down by 30 or 40 fps.
I have been thinking the issue might be bottle-necking on the motherboards pci-e, but before I go spending money on upgrading my motherboard in HOPES of fixing this, can anyone confirm if that's the issue? Do I need to look for a 2x 16 pci-e board? could it be a processor limitation?
Last edited by alumahai; 28 Apr 2013 at 17:10.