Dual Video Card issues Win7

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ShadeZeRO

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I received my HP LP2475w in the mail today.

I added a Geforce 6200 into my PCI slot so I could have a 3 monitor setup.

For some reason, the machine becomes unstable after adding the 3rd display.
My dekstop goes Blank, but I am able to CTRL+ALT+DEL and logoff

HD content takes quite some time to load with the 3rd monitor enabled, and sometimes exiting games causes the desktop to hang for 2 minutes or so.

Any idea's?
 
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I haven't tried that particular setup, but I have had good success with with a machine with an 8800GT and 8600GT, and another build with a 4890 and 2600XT. Those GPU's were all PCI-e though. Maybe the PCI bus is hanging up the system some how.
 
A 6200 won't accelerate anything HD and is basically useless. Get a newer card (at least an 8 series or HD 2xxx) and your problems will disappear. Win 7 and indeed, even Vista, were never meant for the 6 series hardware.
 
The GeForce 6200 is an XPDM card, it is fundamentally incompatible with your other graphics card.
 
Tawnos said:
The GeForce 6200 is an XPDM card, it is fundamentally incompatible with your other graphics card.
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What would you recommend as far as PCI cards go.

I'm out of PCI-E slots as my GTX275 & Dell Perc 5/i use them.

preferably something local I can pick up at a compusa, bestbuy, etc
 
Microcenters around here carry the 8600 in PCI, although you pay a huge premium for an essentially worthless card. Maybe one of the USB adapters like the EVGA multimonitor laptop for adapters would work for you?
 
darkpaw said:
Microcenters around here carry the 8600 in PCI, although you pay a huge premium for an essentially worthless card. Maybe one of the USB adapters like the EVGA multimonitor laptop for adapters would work for you?
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Never heard of it, link?

I'm not going to game or anything on it. Just Aero, outlook, etc.
 
ShadeZeRO said:
What would you recommend as far as PCI cards go.

I'm out of PCI-E slots as my GTX275 & Dell Perc 5/i use them.

preferably something local I can pick up at a compusa, bestbuy, etc
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For legal reasons I can't recommend anything. Just look for something that's WDDM compatible :).
 
I have the same problem you do (and oddly enough the gtx275 and pci 6200). I know this thread is from some time ago but in case you hadn't come to a conclusion I'll put down what I've learned. Windows 7 uses wddm 1.1 as opposed to 1.0 in vista. 1.1 has a few new features; what is relevant for you is that there is a new requirement: the card must support dx10. This isn't to say that a geforce 6 or 7 card won't work in windows 7, only that they won't play nice with multiple monitors and different wddm versions. There are some nvidia pci dx10 cards out there; the 8400gs and the 9400 something or other- I purchased the 8400 and I'll see if that fixes the problem. The 8400 is like 40AR on newegg
 
ShadeZeRO said:
Legal reasons being? o_0
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Not supposed to show any preference for any graphics card company due to working in the driver model team. Wouldn't want a particular IHV to make any claim regarding us advocating them over the competitors.
 
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