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GTX 970 with its little brother the GTX 660...

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I just finished upgrading my rig and I was wondering if I could put my 660 back in, since I have more PCI-E 16x slots. Would I have to install older drivers? (I'm on 347.52) Any complications? The reason I want to put it back in is because while my GTX 970 might be rendering a scene in blender, and I want my 660 to run the desktop (minimizing stutter on the desktop) or having both cards rendering a simple scene.

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You can have the other card run another monitor or be a physx card. That about it.

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I think you can just run the desktop on integrated graphics. And when you are done switch your dvi or vga or whatever cable you use back to your gpu

 

 

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I put the 660 in, works great having two cards in blender. Thx guys for the quick replies!

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