NVIDIA VCQFX550PCIEPB User Guide - Page 163
Before You Begin, Before Installing the NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver, Examples and Setup
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Appendix A Using Two NVIDIA GPU-Based Graphics Cards (Non-SLI Configuration) Before You Begin This appendix discusses an example of using two multi-display NVIDIA GPU-based graphics cards in one computer running Windows XP. Note: When running Windows with multiple cards (i.e., two or more NVIDIA GPU- based graphics card are installed in your computer), the same NVIDIA driver (version) must be installed for each card. Before Installing the NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver 1 Make sure you have an AGP slot and a PCI slot on your computer. 2 Install the appropriate NVIDIA GPU-based PCI and AGP cards. 3 Make sure the graphics cards are securely seated in their slots. 4 Connect the appropriate displays to each card, making sure that the cable connectors are securely attached to the graphics cards. 5 Turn on your displays. Examples and Setup The examples in this appendix show the following NVIDIA-based graphics cards and configurations. • The GeForce FX 5900 Ultra GPU-based graphics card is an AGP graphics card supporting multi-display nView functionality. • The GeForce4 MX GPU-based graphics card is a PCI graphics card supporting nView multi-display functionality. Note: Depending on the number of PCI slots in your computer, you can install more than one PCI graphics cards. These examples use only one PCI graphics card. NVIDIA Corporation 163