6970 & 5450 in same PC

[Dcode]

Gentlemen,

I am thinking about using two video cards in my PC; the 5450 to drive my 30" monitor and the 6970 to drive my 120Hz primary monitor.

The 6970 only has 1 dual link DVI connector and I refuse to pay in excess of £70 for a mini displayport to DVI adapter.

Is there anything I should be wary of running these two cards in one machine? Will these two cards 'play nice' with each other?

Thanks.

 

[Cleeecooo]

Gentlemen,

I am thinking about using two video cards in my PC; the 5450 to drive my 30" monitor and the 6970 to drive my 120Hz primary monitor.

The 6970 only has 1 dual link DVI connector and I refuse to pay in excess of £70 for a mini displayport to DVI adapter.

Is there anything I should be wary of running these two cards in one machine? Will these two cards 'play nice' with each other?

Thanks.

Should be fine, however a mini DP to DVI is only about £15

 

[d_brennen]

What res is the 30"?

 

[Cleeecooo]

What res is the 30"?

a 5450 could still run a 2560x1600 for basic tasks (if that was what you were asking)

 

[Cleeecooo]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-150-OK&groupid=1929&catid=1757&subcat=

 

[LePhuronn]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-150-OK&groupid=1929&catid=1757&subcat=

Only Single Link so it won't drive 2560x1600 resolution


Radeon 5450s have Dual Link DVI on them so yes they'll run 2560x1600 for the 30" monitor. Surely though though your 30" monitor has DisplayPort on it?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CB-047-OK&groupid=1929&catid=1757&subcat=

or

Google "mini DisplayPort to DisplayPort" and you'll get plenty of links to actual cables so you don't need to convert them.

 

[d_brennen]

a 5450 could still run a 2560x1600 for basic tasks (if that was what you were asking)

Was asking the res of the monitor because of the single link DVI limitation there are a few 30" 1920x1200 screens iirc

Recent 30" TFTs really should have DP but I've seen lots of corner cutting in the lower price brackets lately

 

[Dcode]

Thanks for the response lads.

The idea about the mini displayport to displayport is a great idea as I saw some cheaper adapters but only for displayport to dual DVI.

The 30" screen is a Samsung 305T+ and only has DVI and D-SUB inputs.

The 5450 to drive it will be strictly for 2D Win 7 desktop.

 

[panda_uk]

So does this mean I can put a 6950 in with a 5870 just not crossfire to run 2 individual monitors?

 

[.Max.]

So does this mean I can put a 6950 in with a 5870 just not crossfire to run 2 individual monitors?

Yes

 

[gareth170]

tbh i can't see the point.

u can only run it in extended desktop mode using 2 separate cards. u can't have 2 separate desktops.