Should I make use of my old card?

[Caleb_22]

Hey all! here's the details,

Im using an old gateway fx6802-07c(all stock) i7 @2.67Gh 920

So i just bought a Zotac gtx 750 ti to upgrade my old gtx 260.

I am running 2 monitors(1980x1020)

I have my gaming monitor on new card1 and secondary monitor on older card2. This seems to work perfectly with no downsides except I guess slightly higher power draw for having both cards running(inconsequential.)

Are there possible downsides I am missing?

The benefits:
card 2(old) has its own separate vram. This has multiple implications.

I often keep browser windows/flash open on screen 2. I assume this seperate vram would entirely handle these idle programs, reducing the load present on card card1.

BUT...
card1, being far stronger than card 2, might handle both screens better than the 2 combined, especially when tabbing between monitors regularly and given the age of the cpu/PC generally.

I have not tried to connect with sli but to my knowledge, it is not achievable with current setup.
(I would love to hear otherwise however!!)(both cards run 2048mb dedicated)

My question is: should i keep my older card active for my secondary screen?

can post more specs if needed,

thanks for reading

 

[clutchc]

Yes, keep it as it is now. The GTX 750 Ti > GTX 260. Use the 750 Ti for gaming and the 260 for the 2nd monitor. You'll loose performance by running both monitors off the same card. As long as temps are good with both cards active, no problems.
No, you can't SLI them anyway.

 

[Caleb_22]

Thanks,

Intermittant stability thusfar, unfortunately. Crashed when moving browser windows screen to screen one occasion, and again on restart with a graphical hitch

(nvidia driver has been updated.)

Error on restart:

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: BlueScreen
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.768.3
Locale ID: 4105

Additional information about the problem:
BCCode: 7f
BCP1: 0000000000000008
BCP2: 0000000080050033
BCP3: 00000000000006F8
BCP4: FFFFF8800F45ACC0
OS Version: 6_1_7601
Service Pack: 1_0
Product: 768_1

all jargin to me.

Barring this hiccup, seems to run ok. Ill have to see how it goes

 

[clutchc]

I doubt it is because you are using both cards on separate monitors. But if in doubt, remove the 2nd card along with its driver, and run both monitors off the one card. See if the issue is still present. If it is, try with just one monitor. Try to work backward to eliminate the issue.

 

[Caleb_22]

alright thanks for the advice

 

[Epicness937]

i would use the 750 ti alone im 95% sure you cant run the 260 as a physx card and i know you cant sli

 

[Caleb_22]

i would use the 750 ti alone im 95% sure you cant run the 260 as a physx card and i know you cant sli

Yes at this point im just using the new card and running fine. although never run a dvi+hdmi setup