Can you have two video cards in the same computer if one is built in the motherboard?

Can you have two video cards in the same computer?


I was wondering right now i have a ATI Radeon series 9550 card and just got a new comp with a ATI Radeon™ X1200 built in the motherboard. I heard that the x1200 is not very good and its the low end of graphics stuff so i wanted to put my other 9550 card in the computer as well, i was wondering if thats possible?

Can you have two video cards in the same computer if one is built in the motherboard?
No, you need to disable the onboard graphics either in the BIOS or device manager. Trying to use both will cause conflicts with each other.
Reply:No, you have to disable the onboard video card before you install the other one.Go to device manager%26gt;display adapters,right click the video card and disable it.
Reply:If you can access you motherboards BIOS, you can disable the on board graphics, and your OS will automatically detect your AGP or PCIE card...
Reply:Your video card will take over for the on board video.
Reply:if you have an available PCI-E x16 port then it will work fine, the 9550 will take over from the integrated crud only if you disable it first via device manager in control panel. Hope this helps.

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