Running Two Graphics Cards

PeteHerts

Hello everyone.
Could anybody please tell me if i can run 2 graphic cards at the same time?
Im using an ATI AGP 9600/x1050 card at the moment and ATI tell me its processor is too low end for HDCP so i was wondering if i could still use this for my monitor and use a PCI graphic card for my LCD TV?
Many thanks in advance for any advice.

Pete.

zinchead

I have such a system. Its called an SLI configuration.
1. Motherboard must support it
2. cards much support it
3.cards have to be same spec and be able to support sli.

On this occasion, no you can't.

Blacksheep1979

the op won't be able to run sli (not without a new mobo and 2 gfx cards) as he has agp not pci-e. Also a pci (not pci-e) card will be lower spec than your card you have atm. You could possibly use that card if you have a fairly beefy cpu as that will take a fair chunk of the strain.

So basically nope it won't really work.

PeteHerts

Thank you for the replies.
Looks like it'll be easier just to buy a hign end card.

Happy_frank

If your running XP or win 2k than you can run 2 cards one must be PCI without any problems, each screen will receive it own output from each card.

superscaper

zinchead wrote: »

I have such a system. Its called an SLI configuration.
1. Motherboard must support it
2. cards much support it
3.cards have to be same spec and be able to support sli.

On this occasion, no you can't.

Actually it's only SLI if the OP wanted Nvidia cards, but since they're using ATI, it would be Crossfire. Exact same requirements though but just wanted to point out SLI is specific to Nvidia, ATI's equivalent is called Crossfire.