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Thread ID: 118788 2011-06-21 03:16:00 i3 w onboard vid, can I run onboard + discreet video? Deimos (5715) Press F1
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1210882 2011-06-21 03:16:00 I just upgraded my office PC to an i3 with Intel video integrated, the mobo has one VGA one HDMI and one DVI, I'm just wondering if I throw in my GeForce 8600GT will I be able to run up to 4 monitors? or does the onboard video get disabled as usual? Deimos (5715)
1210883 2011-06-21 07:41:00 I have 2 monitors running on my PC at work. One via the on-board video (VGA) and one via a video card (DVI). This works ok..... ManUFan (7602)
1210884 2011-06-22 01:08:00 you wont know till you try. Probhably not with some newish intel chipsets .

SOME intel based motherboards, by design, automatically disable onboard vid when a PCIe card is plugged in. There is no way around this, its part of the chipsets spec.
Because it works on another completely different PC means nothing.
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