Re: Multiple Graphics cards and HDMI: How to?
On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 6:53 PM, KS <lists04@fastmail.fm> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have setup a system with Gigabyte MA-790GPT-UD3H motherboard and use a
> Nvidia GeForce 8600GTS PCI-E video card. It also has an onboard ATI
> Radeon HD 3300 graphics chipset. The PCI-E card is being used at the
> moment for the monitor (nvidia driver). I was thinking of using the HDMI
> port(onboard) to play movies directly on the TV rather than using a
> DVD-RW (current method).
>
> I did configure the onboard chipset to be detected after the PCI-E card
> as D-SUB+HDMI output in the BIOS. This is on a Debian Unstable box.
>
> The question is: would it be possible to use two graphics cards from
> different manufacturers?
>
> I also noticed that the onboard chipset does not come up with lspci.
>
> Any suggestions on how to proceed with this?
> /KS
> ------------
> $> lspci
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 Host Bridge
> 00:02.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge
> (ext gfx port 0)
> 00:0a.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge
> (PCIE port 5)
> 00:11.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 SATA
> Controller [IDE mode]
> 00:12.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0
> Controller
> 00:12.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700 USB OHCI1 Controller
> 00:12.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller
> 00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0
> Controller
> 00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700 USB OHCI1 Controller
> 00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller
> 00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 3c)
> 00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 IDE Controller
> 00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
> 00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 LPC host controller
> 00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge
> 00:14.5 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI2
> Controller
> 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron,
> Athlon64, Sempron] HyperTransport Configuration
> 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron,
> Athlon64, Sempron] Address Map
> 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron,
> Athlon64, Sempron] DRAM Controller
> 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron,
> Athlon64, Sempron] Miscellaneous Control
> 00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron,
> Athlon64, Sempron] Link Control
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G84 [GeForce 8600
> GTS] (rev a1)
> 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
> RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 02)
> 03:0e.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB23
> IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link)
>
>
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AFAIK, when you use a PCI-e VGA onboard video is disable, and your
lspci states that...
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