Is this possible?

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bunnytrigger

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Excuse the ignorance.

Is it possible to run two video cards? one PCI and an AGP at the same time to do dual monitors?? I have an AGP all in wonder ATI, and i have been using my tv as a second monitor. I would like to add a third monitor to my setup, is it pausible to add a PCI (not express) to the system and make it work??

thanks in advance
 
Yes. You can even mix vendors and shouldn't have problems. My main system has 2 7950's, a pci Radeon 9250, and a Matrox G200.
 
You will have to use windows to setup the displays instead of using your ATI software, but it really isnt that big of a deal. I am using windows to do dual monitors on my laptop right now, though i prefer nvidias multi monitor solutions...
 
Beware of one caveat. I read in one particular page of microsoft's website that although it is possible to do exactly what youre talking about, only certain brands of pci cards will actually work in the "agp with pci secondary card" configuration. One was definitely matrox.

I'll be damned but i can't find that page either. Good luck though.
 
thank you much gentleman, based on our answeres i just went ahead and bought a pci tongith and its working :)
 
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