ATI + Nvidia for PPU

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I just upgraded to a 4850 , i have this 8800GT i was going to sell but then i thought i could just use it as a PPU..

has anyone run an Nvidia 8x/9x/2x card along side an ATI card?

before i got to the work on putting the 8800GT in the 1X PCIe Slot (A8N-SLI) i thought i'd ask to see if anyone else has already tried.
 
Word from nVidia tech support is that it is not possible to have an ATI and an nVidia card in the same rig...I know this applies to VISTA, not sure about XP. I was in the same boat. Good luck though, no harm in trying.
 
well that sucks.. i figured it would have been part of the WDM certification in that your driver can't interfere with someone elses..

i guess its not that way..

i tried it though (Vista 32) and i get a "Driver has been disabled due to incompatability"..

i guess the idea of using a Nvidia GPU as a PPU is moot, makes the feature even more worthless :(

i'm going to try the latest (177) beta drivers and hope for the best, but i'm pretty sure this is a no go..

it would have been nice if Nvidia would seperate out the PPU functionality so a GPU can be installed as a PPU only..
 
Microsoft has limited Vista with the ability to only use one gpu driver at a time.
 
Just in case there is still any question allow me to piss all over your hopes. The following is quoted from Nvidia costomer support:

"Hello David,

Thank you for the update.

Please be informed that it is not possible to have both an ATI card and an NVIDIA card in the same computer. Therefore, I am sorry to say that it is not possible to have an ATI card as a GPU and an NVIDIA card as a PPU.

Please feel free to contact us for further questions.

Best Regards,
Phani
NVIDIA Customer Care"
 
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