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Hi guys,
I'm a newbie to the forums although by no means a newbie to computers.
My question is simple I am currently running 2 1920x1080 displays at once and am usually gaming on one (Battlefield 3 maily) while the other is showing my skype and a web page or two. ow as i understand it even though the GPU demand of a couple of webpages and skype isnt much it is enough to decrease FPS while gaming on the other monitor.
So I have hatched a plan to add a second graphics card into my PC to run the second sisplay taking the strain off my main GPU when gaming, i dont mean SLI as i dont have the money at the moment for a second main GPU.
My setup at the moment.
NZXT Tempest Elite Case
i5 2500k (overclocked to 4.5ghz)
Corsair H100 Closed loop liquid cooling
Corsair CX600 Power Supply
Asus Sabertooth P67
16gb DDR3 1333 mhz kingston memory
GTX 480
120gb OCZ agility 3 SSD (OS +BF3)
750gb WD caviar black (Steam Games)
1tb WD caviar greeen (Media)
2 x HansG 22" LED monitors
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit (SP1)
And other periphials ect that arent relevant.
If i was to add my old 8800GTS (312mb) to this setup and use it to run my second display would it improve my FPS in game on the main monitor.
Oh and as a P.S. If i was to do this could the 8800GTS be set as a physics card or are you unable to use a card for physics and display.
Many thanks for looking and any replies or suggestions would be great.
I'm a newbie to the forums although by no means a newbie to computers.
My question is simple I am currently running 2 1920x1080 displays at once and am usually gaming on one (Battlefield 3 maily) while the other is showing my skype and a web page or two. ow as i understand it even though the GPU demand of a couple of webpages and skype isnt much it is enough to decrease FPS while gaming on the other monitor.
So I have hatched a plan to add a second graphics card into my PC to run the second sisplay taking the strain off my main GPU when gaming, i dont mean SLI as i dont have the money at the moment for a second main GPU.
My setup at the moment.
NZXT Tempest Elite Case
i5 2500k (overclocked to 4.5ghz)
Corsair H100 Closed loop liquid cooling
Corsair CX600 Power Supply
Asus Sabertooth P67
16gb DDR3 1333 mhz kingston memory
GTX 480
120gb OCZ agility 3 SSD (OS +BF3)
750gb WD caviar black (Steam Games)
1tb WD caviar greeen (Media)
2 x HansG 22" LED monitors
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit (SP1)
And other periphials ect that arent relevant.
If i was to add my old 8800GTS (312mb) to this setup and use it to run my second display would it improve my FPS in game on the main monitor.
Oh and as a P.S. If i was to do this could the 8800GTS be set as a physics card or are you unable to use a card for physics and display.
Many thanks for looking and any replies or suggestions would be great.