Multiple GPU's
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KING_OF_SAND
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no
JezEngland
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hydra lucid chip'd motherboards can though they're not programmed to run every software and GPU config and does get updates, it does have a big range of support, they can run AMD with NVIDIA or watever. Very expensive and confusing overall I'm not keen to buy it
mrDMxtreme
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umm... i think it depends on what you mean can you run them both without SLI. i believe you CAN run both but you won't be using both to help out your graphics (aka your fps or detail in games) you could how ever use the second card as a physx card (so maybe that will help with some games) or can you run your screen/games whatever with one of the cards, and use the other to do something like fold at home.
what exactly were you thinking of doing? more details will help us help you
what exactly were you thinking of doing? more details will help us help you
JezEngland
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the lucid chip will make 2 different cards work together for apps that it's programmed to work with which includes many major games, but it wont work like simple math, there will be a performance increase but not as much as the indervidual hardware stats say up if you added each's perfomance stats together, because it will suffer, maby between 20-80%, depends what cards and mainly the programming of the lucid chip.
So you might run a GTX 560 with HD 6870 maby or GTX 560 with GTX 560Ti or GTX 580, depends on if the lucid chip can accommodate that setup, I last read about it with last phase GPUs like GTX 4XX and HD 5XXX. Maby it's still going for todays market.
Because the boards with Lucid chips are very pricey and the performance often doesn't add up, it's a complicated way to fix a budget problem I think, like if someone doesn't wait to get the proper SLI or X-fire job and tries to keep an old card in the mix. Maby there's some advantages for it though it's mainly aimed at gaming and you'll only get the best from the source, this Lucid is sketchy too, after-market stuff me thinks
So you might run a GTX 560 with HD 6870 maby or GTX 560 with GTX 560Ti or GTX 580, depends on if the lucid chip can accommodate that setup, I last read about it with last phase GPUs like GTX 4XX and HD 5XXX. Maby it's still going for todays market.
Because the boards with Lucid chips are very pricey and the performance often doesn't add up, it's a complicated way to fix a budget problem I think, like if someone doesn't wait to get the proper SLI or X-fire job and tries to keep an old card in the mix. Maby there's some advantages for it though it's mainly aimed at gaming and you'll only get the best from the source, this Lucid is sketchy too, after-market stuff me thinks
If you read this question for what it is, then the answer is yes. mrDMxtreme explained it well. You can run both the cards at the same time, but they will not work together. The OP said without SLI.
JezEngland
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sure
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JezEngland
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1 driver might operate 2 cards, with nvidia, i had a 9800gt with the pair of GTX 480's running from the same driver.
Before there was a problem when I 1st installed the 480 driver then ran windows update to get the 9800 driver, tried installing that, the install froze and the 9800GT broke. Later I read the GTX 480 driver specs and it said it covers all mainstream nvidia cards like 4xx, 2xx, 9xxx, 8xxx, 7xxx etc. So if you try look it up in the driver and stay away from windows GPU update for any config, single or multi!
Before there was a problem when I 1st installed the 480 driver then ran windows update to get the 9800 driver, tried installing that, the install froze and the 9800GT broke. Later I read the GTX 480 driver specs and it said it covers all mainstream nvidia cards like 4xx, 2xx, 9xxx, 8xxx, 7xxx etc. So if you try look it up in the driver and stay away from windows GPU update for any config, single or multi!
