Can u dual boot os's and have the driver for the 8800 on one and the 7970 on the other?
So I'd have my games and game drivers on one OS with the 7970.
My 3d stuff and drivers on another os with the 8800. So they don't both boot up simultaneously..
Would that work?
EDIT: Opps someone mentioned that.. GL..
Yes, it will work. BUT, there is a hitch...
1.] Your Dual-Boot partition: 'System Reserve' needs to be extended from 100MB > 230MB. Why? We are dealing with 2 x Windows 7 OS (64-Bit).
2.] Your 'System Reserved' partition needs to be on it's own. You cannot delete that partition and stick the boot / bcd files on a specific drive.
*Yes, you can do that, not dual-boot, sorry...*
3.] You will need "EasyBCD" to integrate the other partition which has "Windows 7 OS".
4.] Read this... it's from AMD support team...
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I understand that you would like to integrate 2 graphica cards intoyou machine using 2 different partitions and a dual boot configuration.
I would like to confirm that you will be using 2 ssds? In the original email you labeled the ssd's as 01 and 02, does this imply the partitions are 01 and 02 or you will be using 2 ssd's?
You should not have an issue in either scenario. If you will be using 2 partitions the drivers should not conflict with each other. If this was attempted on a single partition then conflicts would arise and system crashes could occur.
Using 2 separate partitions should provide you with the advantage of using 1 firepro and 1 Radeon HD, just be sure to point the driver installation files to the correct directory and you should not have any issues.
In order to update this service request, please respond, leaving the service request reference intact.
If AMD does not get a response back from you in 10 days, the ticket will be closed, and you will need to open a new ticket if your issue is not yet resolved.
Best regards,
AMD Global Customer Care
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From their perspective, you will need a set-up that will look like this...
Partition 01 - SSD 01
Crucial M4 256GB > Ati Firepro GPU (Catalyst Pro DRV)
Partition 02 - SSD 02
Crucial M4 256GB > Ati Radeon 7970 GPU (Catalyst DRV)
