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Video Cards Installed Two, But Show Three.

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Thunder Wind
Team Miners INC.
#1 - 2016-04-07 20:59:46 UTC
I tried posting this but post did not seem to apply. So writing again.

I have two video cards. GTX 770's. The SLI cable is connected but not configured in Windows yet. New cables coming and i am waiting to do it then.

My question is this. When i pull drop down menu in video settings in client it shows 3 cards. But as i said i only have two physical cards. What is the third card option?

What i have been doing is opening one client and choosing video card one. Then launching second client and choosing video card TWO. But i notice i am getting uneven usage from the card. Video one is using more GPU than the second when i imagined they would perform near equally.

Hope this is not falling under the stupid question category. But if someone who understands this better can help i would appreciate it.

(Its not on-board video as that is disabled and is a different type altogether and is not listed as an option.)
Steve Ronuken
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#2 - 2016-04-07 21:43:32 UTC
How many monitors do you have connected?

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Thunder Wind
Team Miners INC.
#3 - 2016-04-07 23:29:33 UTC
Steve Ronuken wrote:
How many monitors do you have connected?



ahhh good point. I have three monitors running. One Displayport, two HDMI.
Thunder Wind
Team Miners INC.
#4 - 2016-04-07 23:34:13 UTC
In my old config i had three monitors. But two lower end Nvidea cards. It always listed just the two cards. But in that config it was DVI and two HDMI.

Interesting though that i did not consider monitors as a possible reason for showing 3 cards. I do run game spread on all three for a kind of a surround effect.