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  • Posted by Tim Hook on July 18, 2005 at 6:53 pm

    I have a dual G5 2.0. The original video card has been removed and replaced with the beefier ATI Radeon 9800 Pro. Now, I am well aware that it can drive two displays at once. I am going to drive 2 Cinema Displays, but, I was curious. What if I, in addition to the ATI Radeon, installed the original card (I believe it’s the Nvidia 5200) in an available slot? Then run one display per video card. Would there be any conflict? Would it even function? Is there even an available slot?

    My thinking is, if I have the added card, why not use it?

    Just pickin’ your collective brains….

    Tim

    John Foley replied 20 years, 9 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Bret Williams

    July 18, 2005 at 8:37 pm

    It only takes about 10 seconds to install and find out. Go for it.

  • John Foley

    July 18, 2005 at 8:53 pm

    [Tim] “What if I, in addition to the ATI Radeon, installed the original card (I believe it’s the Nvidia 5200) in an available slot?”

    You only have ONE- AGP slot and both of those cards are AGP, not PCI.

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