New tech will let you mix AMD and Nvidia video cards in a PC

http://venturebeat.com/2016/03/13/stardocks-newest-innovation-will-let-you-mix-amd-and-nvidia-video-cards-in-one-pc/

 

Sounds like a good idea to me.

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mind blown. o_O

 

The next question is....can this be applied to or work just as well with integrated graphics? For instance, some noob like me thinks he has bought this awesome gaming rig with integrated graphics and finds out it's not all it's cracked up to be and still has serious limits....will this apply to such a situation or would I still have to buy two cheap cards and totally abort the integrated graphics?

 

This  whole concept is something I have dreamt of for years but never thought possible. It really would be (no pun intended) a game changer for people like me who cannot afford to fork out $800 or even $200 for a video card when ever they felt like it or needed to. Hell, I have three or four video cards I bought over the years that are tucked away in plastic bags or their boxes. I could conceivably put together a nice little rig for my kid to game on. There's a state surplus store near me that has shelves and shelves of computer towers for sale cheap that a person could upgrade.

WHEN will this be available?

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I have an HP ENVY Recline TouchSmart All-in-One 27-k350.

It has both Intel and nVidia graphics from factory.

It uses the Intel normally, switches to nVidia for gaming. I think that's how it works.

I realize after reading the article that this is not the same thing.

 

Reply #3 Top

Quoting RedneckDude, reply 2

It uses the Intel normally, switches to nVidia for gaming.

But isn't what the article is suggesting is that you could use two cards together, at the same time?

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Yes, Noah. But it seems to show the potential is already here? This is the first/only rig I have ever seen with two different graphics drivers/chips installed from factory.