If I were to use 2 seperate PCI video cards, as opposed to using a dual-head video card, would that use up alot of memory and slow down the PC overall?
2007-02-26 15:45:57 · 4 answers · asked by clone17 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
umm, no video cards dont slow down your computer!! they have their own memory!!
2007-02-26 15:54:37 · answer #1 · answered by Romashkin 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes and no... the situation is like this, if your motherboard has AGP or PCI-e and you use this and use the dual head, then you shouldn't see a lag...
The same should be said of running an AGP/PCI-e and a PCI, but this might cause a lag because the PCI bus is slower than either AGP and PCI-e...
if you use two straight PCI cards, then it would depend highly on your system if you saw any performance degradition... I have a friend, a graphic artist, and he runs 2 pci video cards and one AGP and he swears he doesn't see any lag...
I use a dual head video card and run 2 19" LCD monitors and i have never had any complaint with either...
Hope I have helped
2007-02-26 15:54:17 · answer #2 · answered by ghowriter 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
The performance would be the same as using a dual-head video card. The only real differences might be the power used (not much difference) and the fact that you use two slots.
2007-02-26 22:59:40 · answer #3 · answered by Bulk O 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I'm setting up Crossfire, I wouldn't think it would slow it down.
2007-02-26 16:07:08 · answer #4 · answered by Robert H 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋