can two different NVIDIA 2 GPU's work together?

[bjorn_jwz_swagg_]

Hi, I have a NVIDIA Quadro fx 3800, and it preforms well but i have an fx 1800 laying around that is doing nothing, but can they work together (not in sli)? My motherboard (MSI 970GAMING) does support 2 gpu's (and sli). But could they work together (even on 1 monitor)?

 

[BottleGamer]

No they cant
The only way for them to work together would be in SLI and for that, they would have to have the same gpu architecture

 

[Partier]

You can run them both at the same time, however you will not be able to enable SLI. You can use one for physx and one for graphics computing in games but you wouldn't notice too much of an fps difference.

You can also plug more monitors into the other card if you desired, and could use both cards for separate computational activities depending on what you are doing. Essentially you would have to treat them as two distinct cards running off one CPU.

 

[bjorn_jwz_swagg_]

You can run them both at the same time, however you will not be able to enable SLI. You can use one for physx and one for graphics computing in games but you wouldn't notice too much of an fps difference.

You can also plug more monitors into the other card if you desired, and could use both cards for separate computational activities depending on what you are doing. Essentially you would have to treat them as two distinct cards running off one CPU.

but what happends if i just put it in my pc? will it just stay out and be there in my pc doing nothing or is there a way to use it (not connected to a monitor)

 

[BottleGamer]

Other than using one dedicated gpu for physX, there is no real way to use it if you dont want to connect a monitor to it

 

[bjorn_jwz_swagg_]

Other than using one dedicated gpu for physX, there is no real way to use it if you dont want to connect a monitor to it

What is the different when i use it for physX? does that take a lot of power? (not in watt's)

 

[BottleGamer]

For AMD users for example, theres the option to mainly use a amd gpu but have a extra nvidia card just for physx because its nvidia only
i dont think you'd see much improvement by doing it like so

 

[bjorn_jwz_swagg_]

For AMD users for example, theres the option to mainly use a amd gpu but have a extra nvidia card just for physx because its nvidia only
i dont think you'd see much improvement by doing it like so

i have an AMD FX-8350 (not with an builden in gpu).
But i maybe want to buy rx 480 or 470 in combination with quadro fx 3800, or should i go gtx960/970?

 

[BottleGamer]

Why not go with a 1060 or 1070 ?

 

[bjorn_jwz_swagg_]

Why not go with a 1060 or 1070 ?

1060 i really do not want because of non sli, because i want to do 2 graphic cards in my pc but first 1, and 1070 is really pricey so i just thought like go 970 or 960/rx 480 or 470.

 

[bjorn_jwz_swagg_]

O and my PSU is a be quiet pure power9 700w cm psu so power is not an issue