is it possible to use 2 FX cards and swap between them?

Hello, I am having a problem I cant seem to get fixed with one of my graphics cards. I tried everything, including the tips given to me here to no avail. However the game I want to play works fine with my old graphics card. My mobo does support 2 cards.

Is it possible for me to use 2 different graphics cards and somehow swap between them as needed?

The problem is, they are very different cards, one is a
Nvidia geforce 8600 GT and the other is a
ATI Radeon HD 4670

thank you in advance for the help

There should be no problem at all in installing 2 cards. If your monitor has multiple inputs, such as a DVI and a VGA connection, then you can plug the output of each card into the same monitor and switch between them as needed.

Having said that, if the card or driver is crashing the computer, I'm not sure that installing a second card will stop that, as the game will still be rendering on both cards.

Why not eliminate one, cutting down on the heat output and just use the card that works with the game? Which card DOESN'T work with the game?

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Originally Posted by bistro

Why not eliminate one, cutting down on the heat output and just use the card that works with the game? Which card DOESN'T work with the game?

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well because the one that doesn't work with the game is the far superior radeon HD 4670 which can run other games that my older card couldnt dream of. Its just the one game second life that I cant play on it.

Looking at your other thread again, it looks like it is a driver issue most likely. So even though it would be possible to make 2 graphics cards work, unless you are going to go to the trouble of disabling the Radeon driver every time you want to play the game, then you'll still get the BSODs :(

What ATI driver are you using?
Where did you get it?

I think you may have a few issues running nVidia drivers alondside ATi drivers. Depends on the operating system.

From the OP's other thread, the OS is Windows 7, so there shouldn't be a problem.

No worries. Didn't read the other thread :).