Can i make 2 graphics cards work together?

hi, i already have a Nvidia Geforce 5200 (128MB)

i want to buy another graphics card (cheap one)

i found another one which is a also Nvidia Geforce 6600 (256MB)

i know its not a massive improvement but its what i can only afford.

instead of me selling my first graphics card Geforce 5200 (128mb)
can i make them work together? so in total i will have 256mb + 128mb which is a total of 384MB graphics!!!

is there much point? will it make it better? Thanks for any help

 

only in sli mode which i beleive has to be two identicle cards, sorry.

 

sli = a motherboard which has 2 x pci-e graphics cards in sli mode, if u have agp then no, has to be pci-e.

 

if i buy the 256mb graphics card, will this use up my computer ram?


i want to play fairly heavy pc games, i got 512mb RAM so far.

anything else i need to upgrade on my computer?

my pc specs:

3GHZ processor with HT
Windows XP
512MB RAM
128MB 5200 Geforce (soon getting a 256mb)
160GB hard-drive (i dont need anymore)

how much RAM is recommended with a 256mb graphics card?

the average ram being used on my computer so far is 213mb with only one internet explorer window open.

when i burn dvd's my computer is extremely slow, i cannot do anything else, will more ram help it speed up?

thanks for the help.


here is the graphics card i am going to buy:

please give me feedback on this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130253

regards,

 

no the graphics card will not ue memroy from ur 512mb, looks good ull notice a huge improvemnet with games. More ram will help but burning dvds takes up a lot of processor power as well. but more ram would be benificl, maybe an extra 512mb should do the trick.

 

do u think there is a better graphics card out which is also £50 or under?

 

You should save money to buy at least a geforce 6600 gt. The Fx series sucks. The amount of memory that the card has isn't everything. For example you don't see a difference between geforce fx 5200 128 mb and the same piece of junk with 256 mb of memory.

 

and how much exactly is the geforce 6600 gt?

 

i beleive he was looking at the 6600Le to replace the FX5200, for the 6600GT it will cost you around £80-£100 mate.

 

ok thanks,

i found 2 cards on ebay, i need ur help to see which is better?

first card is the geforce 6600GT for £109.99 (can be found cheaper but just an example here)

link:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/256mb-6600GT-...767604719QQcategoryZ67864QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

second graphics card is another found: it is also 6600 pci express but this is 512MB

link:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-NVIDIA-Ge...851037371QQcategoryZ90710QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

the 512mb is actually cheaper.

what do u lot recommend? how do u know which one is better?

i mean when buying a computer u check the pentium processor and the speed.
but what about graphics card?

thanks for the help so far

 

agent47,check your pm dude!

 

sorry MY BAD!!!

my pc can only take AGP. i want to invest in a cheap card under £50 but i will buy the 6600GT version because it looks powerful

 

That's not entirely true.

For AGP systems, the aperture settings are reserved system memory settings to allow the graphics card to use system memory when it's onboard memory allocations get low. In benchmark programs such as Sisoft Sandra, this will be called "texture memory" when looking at your graphic card resources.

Now, depending on the card, and the games you wish to play, it's a good idea to match your card's onboard memory with the aperture setting...however, if you have 256 or more of onboard vid memory, you can set the aperture lower. If you don't have alot of system memory, do not set the aperture higher than 128mb. You will not see any performance degradation unless you are running games with all the eye candy on, and the video card's memory is full requiring it to use the system memory.