AMD/NVidia MultiGPU setup

[Dasher125]

So, I currently have an aging GTX 1060 GB, it's served me well, but it's starting to show it's age and struggles to push anything above medium on my 75Hz 1440UW monitor (Oc'd to 116Hz).

My PC is used about 50/50 for gaming/work, and I need CUDA for work, although I don't need anything too beefy for it; my 1060 6Gb is 'fine', if not ideal... I just can't run without CUDA.

 

Ideally I'd get a 3060Ti or 3070 and call it a day, but here in the UK I haven't seen any on sale anywhere near MSRP; I refuse to get scalped... I'd rather just wait out the generation on low settings.

I was looking at trying to get a 6700XT when they launch but I was wondering...

 

TLDR

Can you still run an NVidia card for CUDA card alongside an AMD 'main' GPU for rasterisation performance?

I remember it being a thing back in the day, but haven't heard about anyone doing it for years, & google either responds with old answers, or crypto farmers, neither of which really match my circumstances.

[Kid.Lazer]

I don't have any personal experience, but I don't see why you couldn't. Windows is much better about handling different GPUs these days, and the 1060 would only be used for compute rather than also outputting a display (which probably wouldn't be a problem either.)

[igormp]

18 minutes ago, Dasher125 said:

Can you still run an NVidia card for CUDA card alongside an AMD 'main' GPU for rasterisation performance?

Yeah, sure thing, at least on linux. Not sure how it works on windows, but I can't see why it shouldn't work either.

 

You could try simply running the cuda detection example while having the AMD card as the main GPU to check if everything is working as it should.