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Nvidia and AMD graphics card same system

jamesl767jamesl767 Posts: 15
in Technical Help (nuts n bolts)

I want to put 2  Nvidia 1080 and one AMD FirePro the same system. I want to use the AMD FirePro as the main monitor because it supports OpenGL far better than the in the gaming cards.
I would like to use the Nvidia professional series graphics cards but too expensive. I would use the Nvidia cards for the iRay. Would I have a driver conflict in Windows 10 with two different manufacturers

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  • SixDsSixDs Posts: 2,384

    "Would I have a driver conflict in Windows 10 with two different manufacturers"

    Almost a sure thing, IMO. I have heard some say over the years that they had made it work, but I wouldn't expect either manufacturer to recommend it and I've heard far more reports of conflicts. On the other hand, I cannot say that based on personal experience because it is a scenario that I've always avoided like the plague.

  • hphoenixhphoenix Posts: 1,335
    jamesl767 said:

    I want to put 2  Nvidia 1080 and one AMD FirePro the same system. I want to use the AMD FirePro as the main monitor because it supports OpenGL far better than the in the gaming cards.
    I would like to use the Nvidia professional series graphics cards but too expensive. I would use the Nvidia cards for the iRay. Would I have a driver conflict in Windows 10 with two different manufacturers

    I have no idea where you got this info.  OpenGL has ALWAYS been better supported by nVidia, whereas DirectX has been better supported by AMD (formerly ATI).

    If you are referring to OpenCL (which is QUITE different, despite the nearly identical names) then yes, OpenCL is better supported by AMD/ATI cards.

    Catalyst versus Geforce drivers is an old rivalry.  They have never played well together.  While some people have managed to get them co-existing on a single system, even they described it as tricky and frequently unstable.  While Windows10 MIGHT help with this, it might equally introduce even worse incompatibilities.  I personally would NOT recommend it.

     

  • evilded777evilded777 Posts: 2,464

    I don't recommend it.

    I had serious, mysterious crashes for the longest time until I traced down that the vendor had installed Catlyst drivers on my system when they build it and I had not succesfully removed them all.

    After getting rid of the last of them, much much better and rock solid stable.

  • Jim_1831252Jim_1831252 Posts: 728

    When I got my first GTX 780 Ti I was using it for compute while I was driving the monitor with an R9 270x. I had no problems, but I don't play many games. I had more problems when I switched over to using NVIDA for both compute and monitor. I had to dig out all my old AMD/ATI drivers. I wouldn't recommend the arrangement, as I may have got off lucky. I've heard of lots of issues running the two different brands side-by-side.

    I also wouldn't recommend a Firepro or any sort of pro card unless you are modelling. I had a Firepro W 5000 for a while and loved it. But then I broke it with hubris.

  • nicsttnicstt Posts: 11,715

    It's possilbe to do, and can work very well.

    There can be issues as others have said; in addition, if you plan to use openCL with the AMD card, there are problems with it when there are also Nvidia drivers installed; admittedly this was some time ago when I had these errors, so may no longer occur. It's a case of try it and see; I would be careful of upgrading drivers once you'd got it working.

    "Display Driver Uninstaller" is great for getting rid of orphan files when trying to remove old driver installations. Much better than included uninstallers.

  • zfieldmanzfieldman Posts: 0

    So sorta just walked into this where I had the cards and wanted to try and make it work. My setup is pretty rough, but according to specview 12, I'm getting the best of both worlds.

    i7-6700k; Samsung 851 512gb nvme ssd; and FirePro W7000; 2x sli GeForce 980ti, one from gigabyte, the other from evga (despite the different clocks, they time up when in sli; confirmed almost 2x improvement on bio shock infinite up to ~90-120fps avg @4k). 850W power supply.

    Running full 4K res through dual DisplayPort cables (one to each board) connected to two separate inputs on the monitor.

    I can leave both outputs active, leaving my desktop extended, and just change the main desktop along with switching the input on the monitor.

    For some reason, the GeForce chokes on the specview nx test (<10fps vs firepro's ~60), just as the FirePro chokes on any 4K gaming app, hence my confirmation of successful switching, no restart required.

    I can provide actual benchmark #s if anyone is interested. All drivers are latest as of 8/25/16.

    Will advise if I run into stability trouble. Any thoughts?

    Zack

     

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