8800 and 7300 run together?

[iZac]

OK, this is stupid question thread no. 20 from me:

If i bought myself a 8800gt for my '06 mac pro, would i be able to to keep the 7300 in the second PCI slot to power, say, a third monitor? Or do the cards have to be identical for that to work?

The thought of one larger central monitor and two wing mirrors makes me happy in my pants.

[Mackilroy]

Absolutely, that's the configuration I have in my 2006 Mac Pro.

[yeroen]

= dogs and cats living together

mass hysteria!

[Mackilroy]

What? How so, yeroen?

[yeroen]

nothing...just a ghostbuster's joke

[Mackilroy]

Heh. Been a long time since I've seen Ghostbusters. ;)

To the OP: when you're allocating bandwidth you may want to put the 7300 GT in Slot 4; IIRC that allows for maximum bandwidth to both cards.

[toke lahti]

Absolutely, that's the configuration I have in my 2006 Mac Pro.
FCS was unstable in my MP with 1900xt+7300gt and color does not work at all with multiple gpus...

[iZac]

Thanks for the info, Mackilroy, ill start counting my pennies then.

First off ill get the third monitor, since they're well due for an upgrade.

Also, thanks for the warning toke lahti, normally the only "pro" stuff i do with it these days is a smattering of Photoshop and Mawell Render work. but ill bump this thread if i find anything odd.

OT - i love Bill Murray!

[Tallest Skil]

FCS was unstable in my MP with 1900xt+7300gt and color does not work at all with multiple gpus...

Because you're mixing manufacturers.

[Mackilroy]

iZac: no problem.

toke lahti: like Tallest Skill said, it's probably because you're mixing manufacturers. However, I'l point out I had an HD2600 XT and 7300 GT running concurrently for a while that worked perfectly fine together. Who knows?

[slughead]

I had a 7300 + x1900XT and had no problems in OS X. There's no problem mixing manufacturers (except in Windows... that's a nightmare), the problem is that the X1900 is a piece of crap.

Now I have an 8800 + 7300, which works fantastic.