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I'm thinking of replacing a quad video card (not enough memory) with two dual cards. Can you put one card in an AGP slot, and the other one in a PCI slot? Would that cause a potential compatability issue?
 
Yes , you can, if they are the same mfg even better. Using diff mfg's will require diff drivers. Use the same mfg for both cards for best results.
 
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Yes , you can, if they are the same mfg even better. Using diff mfg's will require diff drivers. Use the same mfg for both cards for best results.
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Can you recommend a MFG ?

I have done this before. using one AGP and three PCI for 4 monitors. I have not use dual out cards.

I am looking into using two PCIe cards in an SLI of Crossfire configuration to get 4 DVI outs.
 
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I'm thinking of replacing a quad video card (not enough memory) with two dual cards. Can you put one card in an AGP slot, and the other one in a PCI slot? Would that cause a potential compatability issue?
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Yes, do exactly that. No problem. My favorite solution would be Nvidia Quadro NVS 280. .. comes in both AGP and PCI.... 1600x1200 max resolution... either DVI or VGA.
 
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Can you recommend a MFG ?

I have done this before. using one AGP and three PCI for 4 monitors. I have not use dual out cards.

I am looking into using two PCIe cards in an SLI of Crossfire configuration to get 4 DVI outs.
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If 1920x1200 is good enough for you, you can get 2 each Nvidia Quadro NVS 285s.
 
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I'm thinking of replacing a quad video card (not enough memory) with two dual cards. Can you put one card in an AGP slot, and the other one in a PCI slot? Would that cause a potential compatability issue?
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You are getting very good advice here (particularly by gnome).

I'll add a few points to those already mentioned by others:

1) Instead of getting one AGP and one PCI card, get both PCI's. The AGP slot is being phased out.

2) Nvidia is a very good brand. I also highly recommend ATI cards.

3) No matter which brand you choose, buy the cards that have actually been manufactured by Nvidia or ATI. Do not buy the cheaper Nvidia/ATI cards made by 3rd party manufacturers. The latter are simply substandard and cause a lot of compatibility problems.

Good luck. :)
 
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If 1920x1200 is good enough for you, you can get 2 each Nvidia Quadro NVS 285s.
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I would rather use the regular NVidia cards for cheaper prices and much better performance, on a motherboard that support SLI.
 
I have the Nvidia quadro fx 540 in the pci-e slot, and 2 PNY branded geforce 5500's in pci slots. Never had any problems with the setup. I just downloaded the driver from nvidia (nview software, with drivers), and it works for all 3 cards.

I'm sure there are some decent off-brand cards. I've had no problems with PNY.
 
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1) Instead of getting one AGP and one PCI card, get both PCI's. The AGP slot is being phased out.

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Thanks for the advce guys. I just had a tech guy tell me to use AGP over PCI because a video card will perform much better on AGP. Is that correct?
 
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Thanks for the advce guys. I just had a tech guy tell me to use AGP over PCI because a video card will perform much better on AGP. Is that correct?
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Yes... that is correct. All of the Computer Aided Designers (CAD) and gamers use AGP over the PCI.
 
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