Dual branded cards under different O/S's

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luckystar

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Hello people,

Well, i am going to start thinking about going for another upgrade,
Core i7 940 with 6GB 1600mhz ram with full water cooling apart from the one card. But with this upgrade i want to have full True HD and of course only ATI offer that.

Now at the mo i am running the 8800 ultra's SLI and want to go up to the GTX 280 or 285, but i want to use an ATI for movies and TV. Now i am fully aware that you can't mix brands of GFX cards under one OS, but i am running vista and 7 over a dual boot.

Now my question is, can i have the ATI run for only vista, so that would become my entertainment OS and have the SLI setup run only under 7.

Is this possible or am i just being to daring for a let-down? :confused:

Help is always appreciated!!
 

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    Small Computers / The HAFmeister
    CPU
    Intel Core2Quad Extreme QX9650
    Motherboard
    Asus Striker II Extreme 790i Ultra SLI socket 775
    Memory
    8Gb OCZ Reaper-x 1333mhz with AC artic RC and Turbo module for cooling
    Graphics card(s)
    XFX Geforce 8800 Ultra and EVGA 8800 Ultra 768mb SLI
    Sound Card
    SupremeFX II
    Monitor(s) Displays
    DELL 720i
    Screen Resolution
    1280 x 1024 60hz
    Hard Drives
    Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB (Windows & Software) Western Digital Caviar Black 750GB (Games) Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB (Entertainment) Samsung Spinpoint 500GB (Back-up HDD)
    PSU
    Thermal Take Tough-Power 1200w Cable Managment
    Case
    Coolermaster-RC HAF 932
    Cooling
    Asus Silent Square Evo and Coolermaster stock fans.
    Mouse
    Logitech G9
    Keyboard
    Logitech EX110 Wirless
    Internet Speed
    ????
    Other Info
    SAMSUNG SH-S203D SATA DVD writer Edimax 802.1g MIMO Wireless Network adaptor (With Antenie) Epson Stylus R800 Photo Printer Generic PC controller (Playstation lookie-likey) Microsoft Wireless Elite XBOX 360 Controller Microsoft Wired XBOX 360 Controller Scythe Floppy and Memory Card Drive
I dont think thats possible and even if it was why would anybody want to do that :confused:

Buy 2 of the ATI radeon HD4890 and link them in crossfire or wait for the HD4890x2 to be released and you will have no problems. Just a quick tip as well dont watercool your graphics card, instead watercool the NB on the motherboard. A decent site to get watercooling gear from is http://www.watercoolinguk.co.uk/catalog/
 

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Windows 7 can let you have different DX10 graphic cards (ATI and Nvidia for example) with multiple drivers on.

Though what do you mean by full HD? A few of the GT200 cards have HDMI ports on.
 

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System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Built
    CPU
    Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
    Motherboard
    XFX MB-750I-72P9 NF750i
    Memory
    4096MB Corsair XMS2 PC-5400
    Graphics card(s)
    ASUS Nvidia Geforce GTX470
    Sound Card
    ASUS Xonar DX
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell 24" S2409W & Dell 20" E207WFP
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080 & 1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    750GB Western Digital Caviar Black & 500GB Samsung
    PSU
    750 watt Thermaltake Toughpower
    Case
    Coolermaster Dominator 690 Nvidia Edition
    Cooling
    Zalman CNPS9700-NT Cooler, 6x 120mm Chassis Fans
    Mouse
    Logitech G5 Laser Mouse (2007 edition)
    Keyboard
    Logitech G11 Keyboard
    Internet Speed
    100Mbps
    Other Info
    abit airpace 54mbps wireless PCI-E x1 card
Everlong18 said:
Windows 7 can let you have different DX10 graphic cards (ATI and Nvidia for example) with multiple drivers on.

Though what do you mean by full HD? A few of the GT200 cards have HDMI ports on.
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That was a better answer than i expected. thanks, tip of the scales for you.

I mean true HD 1080p, the same signal as Sky for instance. Nah i want to be able to play games with no problems. like crysis and GTA IV (and yes i know its not co0mpatible with SLI).

But thanks for the answer above though
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Small Computers / The HAFmeister
    CPU
    Intel Core2Quad Extreme QX9650
    Motherboard
    Asus Striker II Extreme 790i Ultra SLI socket 775
    Memory
    8Gb OCZ Reaper-x 1333mhz with AC artic RC and Turbo module for cooling
    Graphics card(s)
    XFX Geforce 8800 Ultra and EVGA 8800 Ultra 768mb SLI
    Sound Card
    SupremeFX II
    Monitor(s) Displays
    DELL 720i
    Screen Resolution
    1280 x 1024 60hz
    Hard Drives
    Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB (Windows & Software) Western Digital Caviar Black 750GB (Games) Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB (Entertainment) Samsung Spinpoint 500GB (Back-up HDD)
    PSU
    Thermal Take Tough-Power 1200w Cable Managment
    Case
    Coolermaster-RC HAF 932
    Cooling
    Asus Silent Square Evo and Coolermaster stock fans.
    Mouse
    Logitech G9
    Keyboard
    Logitech EX110 Wirless
    Internet Speed
    ????
    Other Info
    SAMSUNG SH-S203D SATA DVD writer Edimax 802.1g MIMO Wireless Network adaptor (With Antenie) Epson Stylus R800 Photo Printer Generic PC controller (Playstation lookie-likey) Microsoft Wireless Elite XBOX 360 Controller Microsoft Wired XBOX 360 Controller Scythe Floppy and Memory Card Drive
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