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Herbert Graf <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 12 Mar 2001 15:16:17 -0500
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> Which are the software and hardware necessary conditions for having two
> video cards installed in one pc?
> TIA
> Roberto

     Win98 and above supports this, however beware that it can be pretty
touchy getting this working. First is driver support, some manufacturers
products don't like another's for this purpose, so best rule of thumb is to
get two of the same. The second problem is which is primary. Many older (and
newer) boards scan the PCI bus first, making you're PCI card primary and
you're AGP secondary. This isn't that much of a problem except for the fact
that usually you want the higher performance card as primary and usually AGP
cards are of higher performance.
        Some manufacturers make it easier on you by including two video cards on
one card for this purpose, Matrox has Dual-Head and I'm sure others have
similar offerings. TTYL

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