Two different PCI-E graphics cards - possible?

My mobo = P5K Premium 'black pearl'. I have an nVidia-based 8800GT in
the blue PCI-E slot. Can I put an ATI-based PCI-E card in the other
black PCI-E slot?

Please note I don't want "SLI" or "Crossfire". Instead, I want to use
one graphics card for one XP-based HDD partition setup, and the other
graphics card for another seperate XP-based HDD partition setup.

Inside the P5K Premium black pearl BIOS, there is an option to toggle
between either PEG or PCI for the initial graphics card. There's also
other related options next to this that says:

PEG Port Control (Auto/Disabled)
PEG Port Force x 1 (Enabled/Disabled)

ASUS C.G.I. Function (Auto/Enabled/Disabled) CGI = cross graphics
impeller

I'm sure that having one PCI-E and one PCI graphics card is allowed.
But two different PCI-E graphics cards (which are not in SLI /
Crossfire mode)?

Thanks a lot for any thoughts, Best regards, Robert.

"rpgs rock dvds" <rpgsrockdvds@hotmail.co.uk> schreef in bericht
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> My mobo = P5K Premium 'black pearl'. I have an nVidia-based 8800GT in
> the blue PCI-E slot. Can I put an ATI-based PCI-E card in the other
> black PCI-E slot?
>
> Please note I don't want "SLI" or "Crossfire". Instead, I want to use
> one graphics card for one XP-based HDD partition setup, and the other
> graphics card for another seperate XP-based HDD partition setup.
>
> Inside the P5K Premium black pearl BIOS, there is an option to toggle
> between either PEG or PCI for the initial graphics card. There's also
> other related options next to this that says:
>
> PEG Port Control (Auto/Disabled)
> PEG Port Force x 1 (Enabled/Disabled)
>
> ASUS C.G.I. Function (Auto/Enabled/Disabled) CGI = cross graphics
> impeller
>
> I'm sure that having one PCI-E and one PCI graphics card is allowed.
> But two different PCI-E graphics cards (which are not in SLI /
> Crossfire mode)?
>
> Thanks a lot for any thoughts, Best regards, Robert.

Hi Robert

I cannot give any guarantee for your situation but I have used
an A8N-SLI mobo, with an PCI-E XFX 6800 GT plus a PCI-E Matrox
Parhelia APVe plus a PCI FX5200 with up to 7 monitors for several
years without any problem
May be you can find more info here :
http://www.realtimesoft.com/multimon...?forum=1&tmpl=

See you, Jan

On 6 Jun, 07:53, "Jan Arkesteijn" <jan.arkeste...@wxs.nl> wrote:
> "rpgs rock dvds" <rpgsrockd...@hotmail.co.uk> schreef in berichtnews:ad2581b5-d109-4e94-9fa0-a2f303dfaac1@a1g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
>
>
> > My mobo = P5K Premium 'black pearl'. *I have an nVidia-based 8800GT in
> > the blue PCI-E slot. *Can I put an ATI-based PCI-E card in the other
> > black PCI-E slot?
>
> > Please note I don't want "SLI" or "Crossfire". *Instead, I want to use
> > one graphics card for one XP-based HDD partition setup, and the other
> > graphics card for another seperate XP-based HDD partition setup.
>
> > Inside the P5K Premium black pearl BIOS, there is an option to toggle
> > between either PEG or PCI for the initial graphics card. *There's also
> > other related options next to this that says:
>
> > PEG Port Control *(Auto/Disabled)
> > * *PEG Port Force x 1 *(Enabled/Disabled)
>
> > ASUS C.G.I. Function *(Auto/Enabled/Disabled) * *CGI = cross graphics
> > impeller
>
> > I'm sure that having one PCI-E and one PCI graphics card is allowed.
> > But two different PCI-E graphics cards (which are not in SLI /
> > Crossfire mode)?
>
> > Thanks a lot for any thoughts, Best regards, Robert.
>
> Hi Robert
>
> I cannot give any guarantee for your situation but I have used
> an A8N-SLI mobo, with an PCI-E XFX 6800 GT plus a PCI-E Matrox
> Parhelia APVe plus a PCI *FX5200 with up to 7 monitors for several
> years without any problem
> May be you can find more info here :http://www.realtimesoft.com/multimon...?forum=1&tmpl=
>
> See you, Jan- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Thanks a lot for your post Jan, I'll check out that interesting link
you provided.
All the best from Robert.

"rpgs rock dvds" <rpgsrockdvds@hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
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On 6 Jun, 07:53, "Jan Arkesteijn" <jan.arkeste...@wxs.nl> wrote:
> "rpgs rock dvds" <rpgsrockd...@hotmail.co.uk> schreef in
> berichtnews:ad2581b5-d109-4e94-9fa0-a2f303dfaac1@a1g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
>
>
> > My mobo = P5K Premium 'black pearl'. I have an nVidia-based 8800GT in
> > the blue PCI-E slot. Can I put an ATI-based PCI-E card in the other
> > black PCI-E slot?
>
> > Please note I don't want "SLI" or "Crossfire". Instead, I want to use
> > one graphics card for one XP-based HDD partition setup, and the other
> > graphics card for another seperate XP-based HDD partition setup.
>
> > Inside the P5K Premium black pearl BIOS, there is an option to toggle
> > between either PEG or PCI for the initial graphics card. There's also
> > other related options next to this that says:
>
> > PEG Port Control (Auto/Disabled)
> > PEG Port Force x 1 (Enabled/Disabled)
>
> > ASUS C.G.I. Function (Auto/Enabled/Disabled) CGI = cross graphics
> > impeller
>
> > I'm sure that having one PCI-E and one PCI graphics card is allowed.
> > But two different PCI-E graphics cards (which are not in SLI /
> > Crossfire mode)?
>
> > Thanks a lot for any thoughts, Best regards, Robert.
>
> Hi Robert
>
> I cannot give any guarantee for your situation but I have used
> an A8N-SLI mobo, with an PCI-E XFX 6800 GT plus a PCI-E Matrox
> Parhelia APVe plus a PCI FX5200 with up to 7 monitors for several
> years without any problem
> May be you can find more info here
> :http://www.realtimesoft.com/multimon...?forum=1&tmpl=
>
> See you, Jan- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Thanks a lot for your post Jan, I'll check out that interesting link
you provided.
All the best from Robert.

It is no problem at all. I run two 8800GTX cards in SLI and in just a few
seconds I can disable SLI and the cards are independent of each other and
can each run two monitors on their DVI out ports. For some reason, dual
monitors just don't work correctly while in SLI and the outputs are disabled
on one card.


Ed

On 7 Jun, 17:26, "Ed Medlin" <ed@ edmedlin.com> wrote:
> "rpgs rock dvds" <rpgsrockd...@hotmail.co.uk> wrote in messagenews:12863927-e8d2-474c-b765-590741c664f0@79g2000hsk.googlegroups.com...
> On 6 Jun, 07:53, "Jan Arkesteijn" <jan.arkeste...@wxs.nl> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > "rpgs rock dvds" <rpgsrockd...@hotmail.co.uk> schreef in
> > berichtnews:ad2581b5-d109-4e94-9fa0-a2f303dfaac1@a1g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
>
> > > My mobo = P5K Premium 'black pearl'. I have an nVidia-based 8800GT in
> > > the blue PCI-E slot. Can I put an ATI-based PCI-E card in the other
> > > black PCI-E slot?
>
> > > Please note I don't want "SLI" or "Crossfire". Instead, I want to use
> > > one graphics card for one XP-based HDD partition setup, and the other
> > > graphics card for another seperate XP-based HDD partition setup.
>
> > > Inside the P5K Premium black pearl BIOS, there is an option to toggle
> > > between either PEG or PCI for the initial graphics card. There's also
> > > other related options next to this that says:
>
> > > PEG Port Control (Auto/Disabled)
> > > PEG Port Force x 1 (Enabled/Disabled)
>
> > > ASUS C.G.I. Function (Auto/Enabled/Disabled) CGI = cross graphics
> > > impeller
>
> > > I'm sure that having one PCI-E and one PCI graphics card is allowed.
> > > But two different PCI-E graphics cards (which are not in SLI /
> > > Crossfire mode)?
>
> > > Thanks a lot for any thoughts, Best regards, Robert.
>
> > Hi Robert
>
> > I cannot give any guarantee for your situation but I have used
> > an A8N-SLI mobo, with an PCI-E XFX 6800 GT plus a PCI-E Matrox
> > Parhelia APVe plus a PCI FX5200 with up to 7 monitors for several
> > years without any problem
> > May be you can find more info here
> > :http://www.realtimesoft.com/multimon...?forum=1&tmpl=
>
> > See you, Jan- Hide quoted text -
>
> > - Show quoted text -
>
> Thanks a lot for your post Jan, I'll check out that interesting link
> you provided.
> All the best from Robert.
>
> It is no problem at all. I run two 8800GTX cards in SLI and in just a few
> seconds I can disable SLI and the cards are independent of each other and
> can each run two monitors on their DVI out ports. For some reason, dual
> monitors just don't work correctly while in SLI and the outputs are disabled
> on one card.
>
> Ed- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

But please note that I want to try running 2 different types of PCI-E
cards, one nVidia the other ATI. If I bootup the PC, how do I choose
which PCI-E card will be the primary display card?

"rpgs rock dvds" <rpgsrockdvds@hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
news:8bb1316a-7789-4c45-ba75-afc6457d0bcf@59g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
> On 7 Jun, 17:26, "Ed Medlin" <ed@ edmedlin.com> wrote:
>> "rpgs rock dvds" <rpgsrockd...@hotmail.co.uk> wrote in
>> messagenews:12863927-e8d2-474c-b765-590741c664f0@79g2000hsk.googlegroups.com...
>> On 6 Jun, 07:53, "Jan Arkesteijn" <jan.arkeste...@wxs.nl> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> > "rpgs rock dvds" <rpgsrockd...@hotmail.co.uk> schreef in
>> > berichtnews:ad2581b5-d109-4e94-9fa0-a2f303dfaac1@a1g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
>>
>> > > My mobo = P5K Premium 'black pearl'. I have an nVidia-based 8800GT in
>> > > the blue PCI-E slot. Can I put an ATI-based PCI-E card in the other
>> > > black PCI-E slot?
>>
>> > > Please note I don't want "SLI" or "Crossfire". Instead, I want to use
>> > > one graphics card for one XP-based HDD partition setup, and the other
>> > > graphics card for another seperate XP-based HDD partition setup.
>>
>> > > Inside the P5K Premium black pearl BIOS, there is an option to toggle
>> > > between either PEG or PCI for the initial graphics card. There's also
>> > > other related options next to this that says:
>>
>> > > PEG Port Control (Auto/Disabled)
>> > > PEG Port Force x 1 (Enabled/Disabled)
>>
>> > > ASUS C.G.I. Function (Auto/Enabled/Disabled) CGI = cross graphics
>> > > impeller
>>
>> > > I'm sure that having one PCI-E and one PCI graphics card is allowed.
>> > > But two different PCI-E graphics cards (which are not in SLI /
>> > > Crossfire mode)?
>>
>> > > Thanks a lot for any thoughts, Best regards, Robert.
>>
>> > Hi Robert
>>
>> > I cannot give any guarantee for your situation but I have used
>> > an A8N-SLI mobo, with an PCI-E XFX 6800 GT plus a PCI-E Matrox
>> > Parhelia APVe plus a PCI FX5200 with up to 7 monitors for several
>> > years without any problem
>> > May be you can find more info here
>> > :http://www.realtimesoft.com/multimon...?forum=1&tmpl=
>>
>> > See you, Jan- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> > - Show quoted text -
>>
>> Thanks a lot for your post Jan, I'll check out that interesting link
>> you provided.
>> All the best from Robert.
>>
>> It is no problem at all. I run two 8800GTX cards in SLI and in just a few
>> seconds I can disable SLI and the cards are independent of each other and
>> can each run two monitors on their DVI out ports. For some reason, dual
>> monitors just don't work correctly while in SLI and the outputs are
>> disabled
>> on one card.
>>
>> Ed- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
> But please note that I want to try running 2 different types of PCI-E
> cards, one nVidia the other ATI. If I bootup the PC, how do I choose
> which PCI-E card will be the primary display card?


The only problem you may have is a conflict with the ATI and Nvidia drivers.
Give it a try and post back with the results.


Ed

"Ed Medlin" <ed@ edmedlin.com> wrote in message
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>
> "rpgs rock dvds" <rpgsrockdvds@hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:8bb1316a-7789-4c45-ba75-afc6457d0bcf@59g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
>> On 7 Jun, 17:26, "Ed Medlin" <ed@ edmedlin.com> wrote:
>>> "rpgs rock dvds" <rpgsrockd...@hotmail.co.uk> wrote in
>>> messagenews:12863927-e8d2-474c-b765-590741c664f0@79g2000hsk.googlegroups.com...
>>> On 6 Jun, 07:53, "Jan Arkesteijn" <jan.arkeste...@wxs.nl> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> > "rpgs rock dvds" <rpgsrockd...@hotmail.co.uk> schreef in
>>> > berichtnews:ad2581b5-d109-4e94-9fa0-a2f303dfaac1@a1g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
>>>
>>> > > My mobo = P5K Premium 'black pearl'. I have an nVidia-based 8800GT
>>> > > in
>>> > > the blue PCI-E slot. Can I put an ATI-based PCI-E card in the other
>>> > > black PCI-E slot?
>>>
>>> > > Please note I don't want "SLI" or "Crossfire". Instead, I want to
>>> > > use
>>> > > one graphics card for one XP-based HDD partition setup, and the
>>> > > other
>>> > > graphics card for another seperate XP-based HDD partition setup.
>>>
>>> > > Inside the P5K Premium black pearl BIOS, there is an option to
>>> > > toggle
>>> > > between either PEG or PCI for the initial graphics card. There's
>>> > > also
>>> > > other related options next to this that says:
>>>
>>> > > PEG Port Control (Auto/Disabled)
>>> > > PEG Port Force x 1 (Enabled/Disabled)
>>>
>>> > > ASUS C.G.I. Function (Auto/Enabled/Disabled) CGI = cross graphics
>>> > > impeller
>>>
>>> > > I'm sure that having one PCI-E and one PCI graphics card is allowed.
>>> > > But two different PCI-E graphics cards (which are not in SLI /
>>> > > Crossfire mode)?
>>>
>>> > > Thanks a lot for any thoughts, Best regards, Robert.
>>>
>>> > Hi Robert
>>>
>>> > I cannot give any guarantee for your situation but I have used
>>> > an A8N-SLI mobo, with an PCI-E XFX 6800 GT plus a PCI-E Matrox
>>> > Parhelia APVe plus a PCI FX5200 with up to 7 monitors for several
>>> > years without any problem
>>> > May be you can find more info here
>>> > :http://www.realtimesoft.com/multimon...?forum=1&tmpl=
>>>
>>> > See you, Jan- Hide quoted text -
>>>
>>> > - Show quoted text -
>>>
>>> Thanks a lot for your post Jan, I'll check out that interesting link
>>> you provided.
>>> All the best from Robert.
>>>
>>> It is no problem at all. I run two 8800GTX cards in SLI and in just a
>>> few
>>> seconds I can disable SLI and the cards are independent of each other
>>> and
>>> can each run two monitors on their DVI out ports. For some reason, dual
>>> monitors just don't work correctly while in SLI and the outputs are
>>> disabled
>>> on one card.
>>>
>>> Ed- Hide quoted text -
>>>
>>> - Show quoted text -
>>
>> But please note that I want to try running 2 different types of PCI-E
>> cards, one nVidia the other ATI. If I bootup the PC, how do I choose
>> which PCI-E card will be the primary display card?
>
>
> The only problem you may have is a conflict with the ATI and Nvidia
> drivers. Give it a try and post back with the results.
>
>
> Ed
>

With an A8N SLI, I'm running an ATI X300 and a NVIDIA 8600GT with no
problem. To select primary display, go to display properties/settings and
select the monitor on the card you want to be primary.

john

On Sun, 8 Jun 2008 01:08:19 -0700 (PDT), rpgs rock dvds
<rpgsrockdvds@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:


>
>But please note that I want to try running 2 different types of PCI-E
>cards, one nVidia the other ATI. If I bootup the PC, how do I choose
>which PCI-E card will be the primary display card?

Look in the bios. I don't know your MB but my Asus M2N32-SLI has a
setting to configure the primary adapter - the options are PCI slot
ans PCI-E slot. I guess your biggest problem will be getting the two
drivers to co-exist.

> But please note that I want to try running 2 different types of PCI-E
> cards, one nVidia the other ATI. If I bootup the PC, how do I choose
> which PCI-E card will be the primary display card?

IIRC, the card in the lowest numbered pci-e slot will be considered to be
the primary. However, once Windows is started you can tell it which one you
want to be primary.

On 4 Jun, 18:08, rpgs rock dvds <rpgsrockd...@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
> My mobo = P5K Premium 'black pearl'. *I have an nVidia-based 8800GT in
> the blue PCI-E slot. *Can I put an ATI-based PCI-E card in the other
> black PCI-E slot?
>
> Please note I don't want "SLI" or "Crossfire". *Instead, I want to use
> one graphics card for one XP-based HDD partition setup, and the other
> graphics card for another seperate XP-based HDD partition setup.
>
> Inside the P5K Premium black pearl BIOS, there is an option to toggle
> between either PEG or PCI for the initial graphics card. *There's also
> other related options next to this that says:
>
> PEG Port Control *(Auto/Disabled)
> * * PEG Port Force x 1 *(Enabled/Disabled)
>
> ASUS C.G.I. Function *(Auto/Enabled/Disabled) * *CGI = cross graphics
> impeller
>
> I'm sure that having one PCI-E and one PCI graphics card is allowed.
> But two different PCI-E graphics cards (which are not in SLI /
> Crossfire mode)?
>
> Thanks a lot for any thoughts, Best regards, Robert.


Thanks very much for all comments.