Re: nvidia optimus tricks (was: F16 - Adding a second video card)

2012-07-24 Thread Roberto Ragusa
On 07/18/2012 04:11 PM, Adrian Sevcenco wrote: > On 07/18/12 11:01, Roberto Ragusa wrote: >> I was quite surprised to be able to use both the Intel integrated >> and Nvidia discrete on a "Nvidia Optimus" Lenovo Thinkpad. >> (also considering what Linus has recently expressed about Nvidia >> commit

Re: F16 - Adding a second video card

2012-07-18 Thread Adrian Sevcenco
On 07/18/12 11:01, Roberto Ragusa wrote: On 07/17/2012 09:29 AM, Tim wrote: On Mon, 2012-07-16 at 11:34 -0400, Mark LaPierre wrote: Many older MoBos will not support two video cards. When you plug a video card in the expansion slot it disables the integrated one. Though, some do not. i.e. Y

Re: F16 - Adding a second video card

2012-07-18 Thread Roberto Ragusa
On 07/17/2012 09:29 AM, Tim wrote: > On Mon, 2012-07-16 at 11:34 -0400, Mark LaPierre wrote: >> Many older MoBos will not support two video cards. When you plug a >> video card in the expansion slot it disables the integrated one. > > Though, some do not. i.e. You *may* be able to use the inter

Re: F16 - Adding a second video card

2012-07-17 Thread Tim
On Mon, 2012-07-16 at 11:34 -0400, Mark LaPierre wrote: > Many older MoBos will not support two video cards. When you plug a > video card in the expansion slot it disables the integrated one. Though, some do not. i.e. You *may* be able to use the internal graphics chipset and an external one, *

Re: F16 - Adding a second video card

2012-07-16 Thread Mark LaPierre
On 07/15/2012 11:08 PM, G.Wolfe Woodbury wrote: On 07/15/2012 10:05 PM, Jeffrey Ross wrote: I have an older motherboard/processor (Intel DG965RY with a Pentium D) the system has an integrated video adapter (82G965) and I'd like to add a second video Card (PCI card ATI RAGE IIC) I'm not looking f

Re: F16 - Adding a second video card

2012-07-15 Thread G.Wolfe Woodbury
On 07/15/2012 10:05 PM, Jeffrey Ross wrote: I have an older motherboard/processor (Intel DG965RY with a Pentium D) the system has an integrated video adapter (82G965) and I'd like to add a second video Card (PCI card ATI RAGE IIC) I'm not looking for fast video but would like to use 2 monitors.

F16 - Adding a second video card

2012-07-15 Thread Jeffrey Ross
I have an older motherboard/processor (Intel DG965RY with a Pentium D) the system has an integrated video adapter (82G965) and I'd like to add a second video Card (PCI card ATI RAGE IIC) I'm not looking for fast video but would like to use 2 monitors. I put the ATI card in the machine and an l