What is the advantage of 2 graphics cards? Any significant advantage?
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With 2 graphic cards you get practically double the performance for games or other applications which use graphic processing.Check the tests here for 1 card: http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GT-650M.71887.0.htmland for 2 graphic cards (the same config as this noetbook): http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GT-650M-SLI.84953.0.html
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They will give better graphical performance in the applications (e.g. games) that support SLI profile.
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With 2 graphic cards you get practically double the performance for games or other applications which use graphic processing. Check the tests here for 1 card: http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GT-650M.71887.0.html and for 2 graphic cards (the same config as this noetbook): http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GT-650M-SLI.84953.0.html
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I run two. I wouldn't recommend 3 with this card. I would rather get another video card that is better for that.
1296316
Well, if you ran the two in Crossfire mode, you could theoretically run them at twice the speed of just using one. I'm not sure that you will get twice the speed in the real world but you certainly will see a big boost, at least from the applications that can take advantage of two Radeons in Crossfire.
36133
what 2 video cards? You didn't provide a link or description of a 2nd card...
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I use two of these in SLI and have been running everything I play on max, even new games. You could probably do the same with just one, to be honest.
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You would need identical cards to do that. You can do two Radeon 7950's from different vendors possibly (Like MSI and Sapphire), but not different model number cards. You especially cannot mix your ATI graphics with the Nvidia graphics card.
126824
Yes. As long as you have good enough power supply, and can find one of these cards for a reasonable price. I love the card but for the money of buying two... you might be better off buying a slightly newer/more powerful card. It would be a lot more efficient, probably cheaper and definitely quieter. Then again, if you already have one card, then go for it!
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I would say just get a more powerful single card. NVIDIA doesn't have as much room as Crossfire does to work with cards that aren't the same. Also you are only looking at a savings of 50 dollars or so. Too many cons in my opinion to take a chance on overheating your rig , etc.
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Although I have not installed any graphics cards in my gigabyte board , the product specifications reads 1 x PCI Express x 16 slot running at 16 ( PCIEx16). Note : for optimum performance , if only one PCI Express graphics card is to be installed , be sure to install it in the PCIEX16 slot. ( the PCIEX16 slot conforms to PCI Express 3.0 standard.) . Also , 1 x PCI Express x16 slot running at x4 (PCIEX4). Also , 2 PCI slots. I would have to say yes , you can run two graphics cards but must not exceed the boards parameters ( PCIEX16 in one slot and PCIEX4 in the other.). Hope this helps to answer your question. I'm sorry I have no real world experience with actually installing any graphics card(s) on my board to truly satisfy your question. I am pleased with the on - boards graphics and currently have no need for additional graphics . Perhaps an email to www.gigabyte.com will better answer than I can ? Hoping they may recommend the best combination of x16 and x4 graphics cards to be used .
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No. SLI can only be viable with 2 identical cards. The most you might be able to do is dedicate the 780 to Physx alone..but it's hardly worth the price since many games still don't utilize Physx. I'd sell the 780 and put the money towards 2 of these. Or just sli 2 780 supers. The difference is probably nominal.
25481
Nope. I suggest grabbing a gigabyte ga 78lmt-usb3 if you're not planning on running 2 cards. Best bang for your buck
1533707
I would not recommend installing 3 GPUs on this board. The reason being that the 3rd PCI E slot has only x8 bandwidth. You`ll essentially be running the third card with half the bandwidth/performance.
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Depends on your application. In a gaming context, one of these cards can run one monitor at full HD at good framerates at or near maximum image quality settings with current game titles. With two cards running in SLI, two monitors can be comfortably supported. For three monitors in a panoramic screen array, you'll either want a third card in your SLI configuration or back off the image quality settings.
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Yes you should be able to use another graphics card simotaneously with this one. If you aren't running more than a two screen setup this would be highly unnecessary. Unless you run animation/3D modeling editing software on both screens or simotaneously
523676
Yes, but remember each will get a piece of the processing power from the GPU. It is better to run a video card for the these purposes. You can get a decent mid range card for under a hundred bucks. Another consideration is that unless you lower the resolution on HDMI and DVI to that of VGA, your resolution will be inconsistent. This is very annoying when trying to work with multiple screens.
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The short, honest answer here is that I really do not know. Given some of the problems that I have experienced with this card, though, I suspect that using two of these in one machine would lead to frustration.
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AMD card are the only ones do Crossfire technology, Nvidia cards have S.L.I(does the exact function). This card can do up to 2 way S.L.I, so if you have 2 pcie slots and decided to get two of these you'll be able to run them together in S.L.I