Resolved Can two graphics cards work simultaneously in win 7

This may be more of a hardware question but I guess you have to start somewhere.

I have a streaming computer running Win 7 with an HDMI card for display on a 1080p TV. That works fine and I am happy with it. I want to keep it the way it is.

I would also like to be able to add s-video output to the computer. Don't ask why. It is just something that would be useful.

I have some old graphics cards that have s-video outputs for TV. My question is if there is any way to have two graphics cards running simultaneously, one with HDMI, the other for s-video. They both need to work at the same time for different monitors, no switching between them. Can this be done? Can anyone tell me how?

 

There are certain ways/conditions that you can. Google Can I run 2 graphic cards at once.

 

Yes, I am seeing that now. When I searched earlier all I could find was stuff about multiple desktops but this is showing what I want. Thanks for the suggestion.

 

With that information, my guess is no, you cannot run with 2 cards using one of your old cards.

Note that Windows is not the problem. Windows will support multiple cards. It is your motherboard (and power supply) that must support the multiple cards. You say these old cards have S-Video. That is a very old interface often found on very old AGP and PCI (not the same as PCI Express) cards. AGP became obsolete many years ago, replaced by PCI Express (PCIe). If those old cards are AGP, your motherboard most likely will not support them. If those old cards are even older PCI cards, your motherboard might support them, but personally, I think you would be better off just buying a new, inexpensive card that supports multiple monitors.

I know tossing out perfectly good but old and obsolete electronics is often a hard pill to swallow, but that is just a fact of life we all must go through.