Question / Help Help Using Multiple Graphics Cards

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iPone

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I have two different graphics cards, a AMD HD 7870 and a Nvidia GTX 650. I have 8GB of RAM and my processor is a AMX FX-8120.
I was just wondering if it's possible to game on one card and encode using the other one (use the AMD as the main gaming one). If not, is there any reason to even have both graphics cards in the computer? I have two monitors and one connected to each card but I'm not sure if that helps anything.

I stream World of Tanks and I have been experiencing FPS drops a lot lately. I'm not sure what the issue is because the game runs fine when not streaming. According to task manager my CPU usage is usually around 20-30% and my RAM usage is 4-5GB. My temperatures are also pretty good. I seem to get the FPS drops whether I'm playing on minimum graphics or higher graphics.
 
H4ndy

H4ndy

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Please post a log of a streaming session so we can check for problems, everything else is just poking in the dark for us. -> HowTo

But I can already tell that running such GPU combinations wont give you much advantages esp. if it's just for multi-monitor setups, most modern cards support already 3 or more monitors.
 
H4ndy

H4ndy

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The log looks pretty good, there are almost no duplicated or dropped frames so performance is not an issue at least with those settings last used. Is the network indicator (bottom right corner of OBS) staying green? I can't see any real issue.
 
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iPone

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Yes it stays green, my network connection is good. The main issue is just that I get FPS drops while trying to play the game. I'm just not sure what's causing the problem--the CPU, graphics card, or not enough memory. But as I said, CPU usage doesn't usually exceed 50% and memory usually hangs around 4-5 GB out of the 8GB I have.
 
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