Geforce 6600GT

[davidmcolaco]

Hi,

I have a geforce 6600GT that I'm installing on my PC.
My board is a Asus P5RD1-V Deluxe, that already has vga chipset integrated.
I'm having some problems with the pc. Do I have to deactivate the vga card of the board in the bios in order that the geforce 6600GT works fine?
Another question, this a card that supports SLI, but it works fine without being in SLI right?

Thanks in advance.

 

[felixc]

The answer is yes for both queations. On some motherboards you have to disable the on-board VGA with a BIOS option. On others the BIOS will automatically disable the on-board VGA if it detects a graphics card (its graphics BIOS). This may even vary between the different BIOS versions for a same motherboard. Check in the manual of your motherboard. YOu may also want to see at Asus' website if there is an upgrade that can be downloaded for your BIOS.

 

[cdogg]

Felix is right on. But I just want to add that in a newer board like the one you've got, the BIOS should disable the onboard VGA automatically once the PCI-Xpress card is detected.

~cdogg
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[paparazi]

And of course one works just fine on it's own , best in class until the recent X800GT launch.
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