Stefan Monnier <monn...@iro.umontreal.ca> writes: >> Each monitor will only use the GPU that it is connected to. > > FWIW, I find the terminology used in the graphics card PC industry very > confusing. In my view, there are 4 different kinds of components to > a graphic system: > > ... > > Most PC's "discrete" graphics cards include all 4 components and they > typically can't use the system's normal DRAM in the same way they use > their own video RAM. This means that you often can't use your discrete > GPU to render a 3D scene into the frame buffer used by the DE of your > integrated graphics card. >
Thanks for detailed explanation, Stefan. Your advice will definitely save my money. As I have not yet purchased a motherboard, but I have a couple of GPUs lying around unused. I am building a new workstation, taking clues from this list. -- Regards, Pankaj Jangid
