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Dual Video Card Question

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I have a Radeon 7970 with a Shimian 27" monitor hooked up to the dual link DVI port. I want to add another cheap Korean monitor but don't have another dual link DVI port. I could get a DVI -> Minidisplayport active adapter but they are $100 and seem to have mixed reviews on reliability.

I was thinking of just adding another video card, the cheapest I can find that has a dual link DVI. My question is, will I have to deal with Crossfire, or is that optional? I only want to use the dual monitors and dual video cards during work and general computing. When I play games I just want to be able to play on my Radeon 7970 and one monitor, not two monitors and two video cards. Will this just work like it does not or will I have to disable the new cheap video card or something?
 
You can't crossfire and use outputs from both cards. So, if you install a second card to run your other monitor then you can't crossfire.
 
Yeah, I don't want to use Crossfire, I'm just asking if I'll be able to run games fine using just the 7970 and the monitor connected to it without having to deal with games and Windows trying to use both cards.
 
No you don't have to deal with Crossfire. No you don't have to disable the second GPU when gaming. Yes you'll be able to play games on one monitor with one GPU and the have the other monitor being powered by the other video card.
 
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