Hello all, I was wondering if it is at all POSSIBLE to connect or link 2 video cards together so that they work in sync. :-/

Im not having framerate problems, but i would LIKE to have higher graphics settings in the games I play without spending  another $600. The 2 cards I want to connect is an nVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 with 128 MB of VRAM in a PCI Slot, and an nVIDIA GeForce4 MX Integrated GPU with 128 VRAM on the motherboard (my settings say its in an AGP 4X slot but its not). The MAIN card I use is the 5200. If there is a way to do this and you know of it, it would be immensely appreciated if you would post how to do it.

Thanks,
User_XYes you can have 2 video cards in use in the same system (on XP machines) but you would be using 2 separate monitors.

You CANT combine their power into one display, if that's what you wre thinking?

Also the PCI card has to be in PCI slot 1 and then configured as the primary display.Buy SLI ready technology.Yes pcwizards, thats what I was thinking, about putting both the video cards power into one display.

Im not sure but I think I may have done it. I extended my destop to the MX card and I turned up the graphics in the game to the highest settings they could go. I thought I was going to have framerate ISSUES (like when I always try to play it on the highest settings) but it appears that I dont now. The game runs perfectly, without any hitches, or lags. I even took the resolution to 1024 x 768 x 32 (it was 800 x 600 x 32) and it runs like never before. I think ive done it!

Note that this game is Unreal Tournament 2004.

P.S. What is 'SLI ready technology'?

Later,

User_X I dont believe you will achieve greater speeds over two different slots. PCI slots have different clock speeds as apposed to AGP slots. Hardware wise you wont win.
Software wise, you will have a dual screen.