running two Different GPUs

[Lors]

I have a GPU, an HD 5450 and im planning on buying an R9 270 in the near future. I plan on using both of them. if Possible.

My question is:

-if I can. how? how Can make my HD 5450 Useful? Can I Plug my monitor to the 5450? to decrease the Load for my main GPU? or Something like that? does that Increase the performance of something?

 

[legokill101]

you cant use it to incrase preformance however you can use it as a second display addapter

 

[Lors]

you cant use it to incrase preformance however you can use it as a second display addapter

Its wont Increase any performance alright. but can I plug my only monitor to the 5450 and not in the r9 270? Can I still use the R9 270 that way? is there a benefit in doing that??

 

[Lee-m]

You can use one card or the other, but not both at the same time.

There is really no point in wasting the extra power having the spare plugged in.

 

[giantbucket]

if you only have one monitor, then the best performance gain you will get is to sell the 5450 and use the money to buy an R9 280X instead of a 270.

 

[Lors]

if you only have one monitor, then the best performance gain you will get is to sell the 5450 and use the money to buy an R9 280X instead of a 270.

haha. selling Hd 5450 wont get me anywhere its too cheap. xD and 280x is too expensive. is there any thing I can do to make 5450 useful?

 

[giantbucket]

buy another monitor to use it
build another computer to use it
give it away to someone who needs it for an old computer
keep it as a spare


for a long time, I kept an otherwise-useless nvid 9400GT as a spare, then actually made use of it in a recent machine, until the day when the heatsink clips broke apart so I just finally scrapped it (about a month or two ago)

 

[Lors]

buy another monitor to use it
build another computer to use it
give it away to someone who needs it for an old computer
keep it as a spare


for a long time, I kept an otherwise-useless nvid 9400GT as a spare, then actually made use of it in a recent machine, until the day when the heatsink clips broke apart so I just finally scrapped it (about a month or two ago)

2 monitor would be a good idea. and no need to buy I got a Spare monitor
Can I Use the monitor plugged in the R9 270 for gaming and Use the other (that is plugged in the 5450) for different task???
will my Cpu: i5 3470 and my Psu: HEC Cougar Sl 600w +80 enough to handle this setup?

 

[giantbucket]

you can run the "other" monitor from your CPU. the i5 should be able to run 2 screens on its own, so one would be a piece of cake (go into BIOS and make integrated GPU as primary though).

or yeah, you can run separate cards.