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So I currently use a 1060 which has only 1 DVI port, and I have 3 DVI monitors.  If I install my old 9800 GT which has more DVI ports can I use those connections while still using the 1060 ad my main gpu?

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1 minute ago, KancerousKanadian said:

So I currently use a 1060 which has only 1 DVI port, and I have 3 DVI monitors.  If I install my old 9800 GT which has more DVI ports can I use those connections while still using the 1060 ad my main gpu?

Yep it's fine but make sure your 9800 GT can handle the pixels

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@Billy_Mays it has done so for a very long time before

Ok I was making sure you don't fry or over pixel the GPU

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You can also just get HDMI or DP to DVI adaptors for your 1060.

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You could get a spliter if you dont want to have to deal with another gpu

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@KancerousKanadian Is the 9800 connected via sli in anyway?

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No I dont have it in SLI

1060 cant do sli amyways

Got the two monitors to show up connected to my 1060

But the monitor connected to my 9800GT is blank and also not detected

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@KancerousKanadian right click on your desktop and select screen preferences or what ever it is to change your res, if the screen connected to the 9800 shows as an option configure it but if it is not listed you might need to you some sort of 3rd party application

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1 minute ago, googleplex2010 said:

@KancerousKanadian right click on your desktop and select screen preferences or what ever it is to change your res, if the screen connected to the 9800 shows as an option configure it but if it is not listed you might need to you some sort of 3rd party application

It doesnt detect it.  Do you have an idea of a third party program I could use?  I know my dad used to use different ports in pci lanes with the 9800 GT as his main back in the early 2000s when he did stocks

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Device manager detects the 9800GT.  Think it reccomended restarting to fix any issue with it, doing this now

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