https://forum.asrock.com/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Thu, 16 Apr 2026 07:16:53 +0000 Fri, 23 Jun 2023 21:45:19 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 https://forum.asrock.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=25896 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums_black.png https://forum.asrock.com/ https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=25896&PID=105326&title=2-monitor-2-gpu-970-pro-3-amd#105326 Author: eccential
Subject: 25896
Posted: 23 Jun 2023 at 9:45pm

In most cases, multiple GPU support is more of a software issue (operating system, drivers), not a hardware issue. But actually, BIOS is somewhat of a software, also, so that makes it a bit iffy. Ideally, BIOS would just leave the extra GPU alone, and then software can initialize it.

Windows 10 and later makes it relatively easy to support multiple GPUs, and you can do much cooler things with modern OS & virtualization, such as letting a Virtual Machine get full access to one of the GPUs.

With modern hardware, I don't see a problem doing this, but 970 Pro3 is pretty old at this point (almost a decade old AM3+). So if you run into BIOS problems, you're unlikely to get much support.

I actually think it'll work okay, but I can't recommend it.
]]> Fri, 23 Jun 2023 21:45:19 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=25896&PID=105326&title=2-monitor-2-gpu-970-pro-3-amd#105326 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=25896&PID=105319&title=2-monitor-2-gpu-970-pro-3-amd#105319 Author: threadzipper1957
Subject: 25896
Posted: 23 Jun 2023 at 8:14pm

Crossfire is about 2 cards that to the outside world, work as 1 card, and will give an performance increase of Max 60%.
2 Separate cards, could work, but having each slot working indivdually I don't think, will work.
Better would be to use a faster graphics card, with mutliple monitors, and just expand to the second, and third monitor, and each have its own content.]]> Fri, 23 Jun 2023 20:14:35 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=25896&PID=105319&title=2-monitor-2-gpu-970-pro-3-amd#105319 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=25896&PID=104826&title=2-monitor-2-gpu-970-pro-3-amd#104826 Author: leftofleo
Subject: 25896
Posted: 13 May 2023 at 1:24pm

I want to run 2 independent monitors from 2 independent graphic cards om a asrock 970 pro 3 mother board, which I understand has crossfire, this could be problematic. Can I have each video slot operate independently? ]]> Sat, 13 May 2023 13:24:15 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=25896&PID=104826&title=2-monitor-2-gpu-970-pro-3-amd#104826