is it possible? (can be closed)

[JouryEnsche]

i just got a new video card and i was wondering if i could run it beside my old one.

 

new GPU is an msi gtx 1060 X 6gb 

old GPU is an Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 

 

my plan was to use the new one for gaming an the other one to run an extra screen on,

 

is that possible? 

 

 

[Fasauceome]

Possible but pointless. A second display won't affect your GPU performance.

[BobVonBob]

6 minutes ago, fasauceome said:

Possible but pointless. A second display won't affect your GPU performance.

It might matter if the other display requires an interface that isn't available on the new card, e.g.VGA. But if that isn't the case there is no reason to keep the old card, it will just use more power.

[mariushm]

It's possible but pointless, if your current video card has enough connectors to connect the monitor to it.

 

An idea could be to use it as a second hardware encoder when you're streaming (for example stream at 6 mbps to Twitch encoding using your original video card, and have an archival copy to disk at 20-40 mbps using the hardware encoder on the second card ... or encode at 10-15 mbps to Youtube)

 

 

[SnowyMus]

Sure, but I wouldn't use a secondary GPU just for that, as graphics cards generally already have plenty of display connectors.

 

Also, there are drawbacks to having a second GPU in your PC. That second graphics card will be using more power while using more heat. It will also require PCIe lanes from somewhere to be used by your PC. Depending on your motherboard and the PCIe slot you use, that's either bandwidth from your chipset or PCIe lanes from your CPU.

 

I wouldn't do it, personally.

[JouryEnsche]

thanks for al the tips guys, 

i decided not to install my old GPU back in because my new one has plenty of connectors(unless i wanne run 6 screens XD ) 

 

soo yea 

thanks again for the tips