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When designing a gaming computer based upon dual video cards, which of the following two components will need to be chosen to specifically support a dual video adapter configuration? (Select TWO).
The correct answer is C. Power supply E. Motherboard. Dual video card setups (SLI or CrossFire) require a compatible motherboard with multiple PCIe x16 slots and a power supply with sufficient wattage and connectors to drive both GPUs.
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When designing a gaming computer based upon dual video cards, which of the following two components will need to be chosen to specifically support a dual video adapter configuration? (Select TWO).
Options
- ADDR Memory
- BDual Channel Memory
- CPower supply
- DRAID 5 configuration
- EMotherboard
How the community answered
(55 responses)- A7% (4)
- B4% (2)
- C76% (42)
- D13% (7)
Why each option
Dual video card setups (SLI or CrossFire) require a compatible motherboard with multiple PCIe x16 slots and a power supply with sufficient wattage and connectors to drive both GPUs.
DDR memory type is determined by the motherboard and CPU platform, not by the number of video cards installed.
Dual-channel memory improves CPU-to-RAM bandwidth but has no bearing on whether the system can support two discrete GPUs.
Dual GPU configurations draw significantly more power and require a PSU with enough total wattage and the correct number of PCIe power connectors (6-pin or 8-pin) to feed both cards simultaneously.
RAID 5 is a storage redundancy configuration and is completely unrelated to video adapter support.
The motherboard must physically have two full PCIe x16 (or x8) slots and a chipset that supports multi-GPU technologies such as NVIDIA SLI or AMD CrossFire to operate both adapters.
Concept tested: Dual GPU hardware requirements - PSU and motherboard
Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/display/multiple-monitor-support-in-the-display-driver
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