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This is off topic. I had a standard MPX 580 on my computer. A friend donated an MPX 5500. Initially, I plugged the 5500 into slot 3 as a test drive and it showed both PCI slot information and VGA data. I even took an image of it (I read on some forums that it didn't show anything, but I had no problems). For now, I removed the 580 (from slot 1) and only installed the 5500.

My question is: would leaving the 580 in slot 3 have a positive effect on rendering etc.? Or would it be unnecessary? In short, I don't prefer to leave the card idle, sincerely.
 
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I got a little off the subject. My computer had a standard MPX 580. A friend of mine donated an MPX 5500. Initially, I installed the 5500 in the 3rd slot as a test driver. It showed both PCI slot information and VGA data. I even took a screenshot (I read on some forums that it didn't show anything, but I didn't have any problems). For now, I removed the 580 (from the 1st slot) and only installed the 5500.

My question is: Does leaving the 580 in the 3rd slot have a positive effect on rendering etc.? Or would it be unnecessary? In short, I don't prefer the card to be idle. Sincerely.
 
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