Multiple graphic cards - how to use them?

[nebulos]

Hi

 

I recently got an old GPU from a friend and installed it to my system as a second card. Both are from nvidia but they're different models. 

 

Are there any use cases for two GPUs?

 

Maybe I could use one for physics?

What I would really like to do is to build windows on top of linux. 

I want to use linux daily but I need windows for steam and games.

 

Is there a good way to use windows virtually and map one of the GPUs there?

Cards that I currently have in the system..

 

 

How would you use linux together with windows games?

 

thx

 

 

[5x5]

Use your 980 To. The 1060 is just eating power and acting as a space heater atm

[Skiiwee29]

PhysX is a dead standard as there is like 2 or 3 games that actually use it and its actually worse performance to have a "dedicated' PhysX card as it does not improve your gaming experience, only consumes power and generates unecessary heat. 

[Master Disaster]

Using Linux it's possible to run Windows virtually and passthrough one of the GPUs so Windows has a dedicated card however it's really not trivial. In facts it's incredibly involved and makes Linux enthusiasts sweat.

 

Iirc Wendell did an article on how it's done a few years back over on Level One Tech.

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BITCOIN MINING!

 

Don't do it.