Can I run 2 video cards together by adding a video card to a motherboard with 1 built in? If so, which mboard?

Is that called SLI? I want the power of both combined for gaming to one monitor. I've noticed that several motherboards have 6150 built in. I prefer products built in Taiwan, not China. I know Asus and Gigabyte and Abit all have their parts builts in both locations, depending on the board. Thank you.

Can I run 2 video cards together by adding a video card to a motherboard with 1 built in? If so, which mboard?
I hope I understand you question correctly.





Onboard video is never as good. I don't know where you heard otherwise.





If you are shopping for motherboards you will be looking for PCI Express slots. This was you can run more than one Video Card (PCI Express cards only) at the same time.





I still don't recommend this.





To get the best video performance simply purchase the best video card your motherboard can handle. Oh and increase your RAM (1GB is great and 2 GB is awsome).





The best place on the net for ALL HARDWARE research is:





tomshardware.com





Have fun!
Reply:check this mother board out


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Reply:you cannot do it with an AGP card as the built in is most likely AGP and you can only have one AGP device running on a system. To properly do SLI get two PCI or PCIx cards that are the same if not specifically designed for SLI
Reply:no probably not. Then again, i dont know much about computer hardware
Reply:No, you have to disable the onboard video to get a separate video card to work.


If you want to use SLI (a motherboard built to use two video cards), the you would need to upgrade to a new motherboard, and probably a new CPU and ram also. In addition, to use SLI you have to use two identical video cards.


It does make a big difference in performance, but I would suggest you just buy a better card for your computer, just make sure it is the right format; PCI, AGP or PCI express.
Reply:There is a way to do it..but i have no idea how.. I just buy new video cards and disable the onboard one.
Reply:SLI is from Nvidia and you have to have two nvidia video cards connected to an SLI Motherboard and a power supply that can handle the load, usually 500-600 Min.
Reply:you cant COMBINE two video card powers on regular boards





thats just insane. Buy a high end 256 or 512 and go for broke





the other way is stupid unless you spend tremendous amoutns of money to purchase the SLI board besides











The SLI is still in development:





Unfortunately the necessary components are not yet available, such as the motherboard with the Dual PCI express x16 slots. This is because PCI express is still young. Also with Nvidia being a chipset maker as well as a graphics card manufacturer then you will have to expect the complete package to be available soon.