ATI and Nvidia under one roof ?

NTJedi

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I currently have a 7600GS which will be replaced with my XFX 5670 ATI... however my questions:

1} Can I keep the 7600GS for the PhysX bonus?

2} Any special tweaking necessary? (BIOS or OS)

3} Any other benefits for having ATI and Nvidia under one roof?



ENVIRONMENT:

My motherboard is a GA-MA74GM-S2
PowerSupply is KingWin 550Watts / 110 volts... default settings. It has SLI support, yet I would prefer one card. I don't remember the exact model.

OS Name Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP Professional x64 Edition
Version 5.2.3790 Service Pack 2 Build 3790
Other OS Description Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Manufacturer Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
System Model GA-MA74GM-S2
System Type x64-based PC
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+ (2 CPUs), ~2.2GHz
Processor AMD64 Family 15 Model 75 Stepping 2 AuthenticAMD ~2205 Mhz
Processor AMD64 Family 15 Model 75 Stepping 2 AuthenticAMD ~2205 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date Award Software International, Inc. F1, 4/17/2008
SMBIOS Version 2.4
Windows Directory E:\WINDOWS
System Directory E:\WINDOWS\system32
Locale United States
Total Physical Memory 4,094.20 MB
Available Physical Memory 2.71 GB
Total Virtual Memory 5.75 GB
Available Virtual Memory 4.63 GB
Page File Space 2.00 GB
Page File E:\pagefile.sys
 
Thanks... I guess that leaves one question:

3} Any other benefits for having ATI and Nvidia under one roof?
 
If the Nvidia card isn't being used for PhysX, then there's no reason to keep in the system unless you need it's additional display outputs.
 
Thanks for the fast replies SonicTron and SicKlown42012! Tomorrow I will uninstall the nvidia software and swap the cards.
 
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