Re: 2 different graphic cards in one system
2015/09/04 07:45:41
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To explain about this you first need to understand SLI. SLI is the feature that allows you to 'boost' you main GPU by splitting the work load 50/50 for each card (80% boost). However you cannot SLI diffrient series like a TITAN X with a 980/970/960/950(etc).
So you couldn't do SLI, but you could technically use the 970 out of SLI to do a diffrient monitor. So for example, monitor 1 would be on the TITAN X which would be in PCIe slot 1, and monitor 2+ would be on the 970. The perks to this are minor as its not going to help render 3d apps. What it would do though is allow you to use more monitors and play a game on an extra monitor without using the TITANX so you could play games and game at the same time. The main reason to do this is just for extra monitors as it's extremely complicated and can cause complications.
But to be honest I'm not sure how it would render it exactly with the 3d applications. I would imagine it would always render on the primary GPU which would still be the TITANX, so this wouldn't help. This is unless maybe there's an option to choose which GPU to render on. Like I know with folding you can do that, which is diffrient but it's similar.
This isn't a big deal as you can buy a second hand TITANX for $800-$900. But the only reason to do what you want is to get extra monitors, unless you can choose which GPU the 3d application renders on (maybe your using CAT or something). In which case you could render two projects at once, the TITANX being faster.