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Join to video cards for 1 display? 1

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Arty2000

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Jan 6, 2004
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Hello,
I have an older 3dfx Voodoo3 2000 PCI video card collecting dust and i was wondwering if there is a way of joining my existing video card with 3dfx to get more processing power? Kind of like computers with 2 CPUs. I know it was possible to add a Voodoo 2 card with a passthrough cable and connect it together to get extra acceleration. Can something similar be done with 2 regular video cards?
Thanks,
 
Arty2000
In a word NO!
Yes back in the days of Voodoo 2's you could buy 2 identical cards and run them together for more power but they were designed to work that way and in conjunction with a third card (normal VGA display adapter)
They were called graphics excellerators because they worked along side a standard graphics card to supply gaming 3D so you see they weren't like a stand alone graphics card.
Martin

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