AMD and Nvidia GPU in same PC?

[Stargator]

Greetings! I was wondering if i could stick my old nvidia graphics card into my pc system without it destroying my PSU etc... I'm not planning to game with GPU2, i'm going to use it too get shadow play and other nvidia stuff.
PSU: Supernova 750 G2 (Link)
GPU: AMD tri-x R9 290 (Link)
GPU2:GV-N66 (Link)

Ps. The R9 290 says that a 750 psu is recommended.

 

[Supernova1138]

I'm pretty sure ShadowPlay won't work if you're using your Radeon card to run the game. GPU accelerated PhysX is also locked out when an AMD card is installed in the system so you can't use it for that. If you need Nvidia specific features, you're going to have to ditch the R9 290 and get an Nvidia card as your primary GPU.

 

[Gam3r01]

Spot on^.
There use to be hybrid drivers, but I do not believe they work anymore.

 

[Stargator]

I'm pretty sure ShadowPlay won't work if you're using your Radeon card to run the game. GPU accelerated PhysX is also locked out when an AMD card is installed in the system so you can't use it for that. If you need Nvidia specific features, you're going to have to ditch the R9 290 and get an Nvidia card as your primary GPU.

Ok Thanks for the info. But as a more fun too try; would it work to put in the card or isn't that a option either? Considering the wattage.

 

[Supernova1138]

The R9 290 is quite power hungry and the GTX 660 isn't exactly a slouch either in terms of power consumption. I wouldn't recommend trying it, at best you would likely be pushing your power supply to its limits, though you could argue after leaving the BIOS power consumption would drop a lot as you won't be able to fully load both cards simultaneously unless maybe you decided to try to play Ashes of the Singularity in DirectX 12 using the explicit multiadapter feature.

 

[Stargator]

The R9 290 is quite power hungry and the GTX 660 isn't exactly a slouch either in terms of power consumption. I wouldn't recommend trying it, at best you would likely be pushing your power supply to its limits, though you could argue after leaving the BIOS power consumption would drop a lot as you won't be able to fully load both cards simultaneously unless maybe you decided to try to play Ashes of the Singularity in DirectX 12 using the explicit multiadapter feature.

Thank you for taking time too help me with this. I don't think i will try it then since it could end up detroying my psu if not the whole computer. It might work if i just have it at idle but i don't want to risk that. Thank you once again for all your help!

 

[Supernova1138]

You have a high quality power supply so it isn't likely to explode on you or destroy the computer, but there is a good chance it might shut down on you if it gets pushed too far. Exploding PSUs are typically low quality units with little to no overcurent or overvoltage protection.

 

[Stargator]

You have a high quality power supply so it isn't likely to explode on you or destroy the computer, but there is a good chance it might shut down on you if it gets pushed too far. Exploding PSUs are typically low quality units with little to no overcurent or overvoltage protection.

Well the first power supply didn't do exacly that. My dad had bought me a GPU for birthday present. Once the card was installed and i booted the computer up, it suddenly turned off. It turned out that the gpu needed much more power than the previous card and had caused a fuze to break on the psu. Into the garbage it went...

 

[Supernova1138]

If that card was the R9 290, I'm not surprised, it is a massive power hog and will bring just about any bargain basement or even mediocre quality 500 Watt unit to its knees.

 

[Stargator]

If that card was the R9 290, I'm not surprised, it is a massive power hog and will bring just about any bargain basement or even mediocre quality 500 Watt unit to its knees.

Haha very true! I will go with a more efficient 1070 next time i upgrade.