Would it be okay if I had two different video cards in my computer?

Yes provided the mobo can handle it. You might try Motherboards.org. On the homepage go to MOBOT at the top, click on it. Then on this page go to the top header again, and click on Manuals. In this screen to the left look for your manufacturer, and scroll down for your mobo manual. This info will tell you about your computers capabilitys. If you can't find the manu., and model of your mobo in Motherboards.org, try going to CPUID.com, and download, and run CPU-Z. This tiny program tells you exactly what's inside your computer, mobo, cpu, ram, video cards, chipsets,(North %26amp; South), BIOS%26amp; version, audio cards, etc.

Would it be okay if I had two different video cards in my computer?
I think that it's okay, as long as you have the slots for it.


But they need to be compatible!
Reply:probably
Reply:as long as your mother board can handle it
Reply:Works fine for me. One AGP card, one PCI Express. As long as you have room for both monitors.
Reply:If you mean connecting 2 different video cards on your motherboard, then no that would not work. If you thinking of nVidia's SLI (Scalable Link Interface) or ATI's Crossfire where you can have dual GPU's, they use two of the same compatible video cards. You can't just connect two different video cards on a motherboard and expect it to work.
Reply:check the specs on the motherboard first. most new computers can handle 2 video cards. also you need to check the power requirements of the additional card and the power output of your computers power supply.
Reply:No. At the least one video card will force the other to power off, at worst, having to unidentical video cards can actually damage each video card and even the motherboard of the system. If you are looking for either an NVidia SLI or ATI Cross-Fire (2 video cards in one system) solution, you need to buy two of the exact same model of video cards at the same time, and it would be good to check with both ATI's website and NVidia's website for which specific video cards are designed to work in pairs. You also need to check with your PC manufacturer or if your system is home-built your motherboard manufacturer to see if your system will handle two video cards to begin with. A dead give-away is if the motherboard has two 16x-PCI express slots (check the slot where your existing video card is seated), then the system will have some support for dual video cards. If there are not two 16x-PCI express slots, then the system may not support two video cards.