Installing second GPU causes a clash of drivers (RTX 4070Ti & GT 710)
Posted by Willowvayle@reddit | buildapc | View on Reddit | 6 comments
Hello everyone!
I'm trying to go beyond the 4 monitor limit of my RTX 4070Ti and determined the only way would be to get myself a cheap-o side graphics card. (I'm doing a D&D thing and need the extra monitors for my players and would prefer all connected to one computer instead of having to deal with a side laptop for a monitor)
My motherboard (TUF Gaming X570-PLUS WiFi) doesn't have a built-in gpu so iGPU wasn't an option for me.
So, to the problem, I bought a GIGABYTE GT 710 on Amazon (new in case it matters to mention), and when plugging in caused my RTX (Asus OC 4070Ti) to stop displaying my already connected monitors, and my computer defaulted to the monitor connected to the GT.
After some fiddling and looking around, I found an error code in Device Manager telling me that Windows could not load the drivers required (Code 31), so I got the driver for my RTX from the ASUS website and was able to get my RTX to show through a clean install, but now the freaking GT has the error instead.
I'm not sure how to deal with this driver clash. I attempted to "Update Driver" for the GT however, it just says that I "have the latest already." I looked at manually installing either the GT710 driver or the Generic Display Adapter from the manual list... The former then crashed my RTX4070 until I reinstalled its driver (thus crashing the GT) and the latter gives me that Code 31 error.
I'm now stuck and lost. Does anyone have any experience with this that can offer some sage advice? Should I have gotten a Radeon gpu instead to not clash? I appreciate any and all input!
Emerald_Flame@reddit
For Nvidia, they don't allow multiple driver versions to be installed at the same time. If you want to use your 4070ti, you need another card that is still supported by the modern drivers. Driver support for the 710 was ended a long time ago and won't work with the modern drivers.
Willowvayle@reddit (OP)
Ahhhh I see, I was just told to find something cheap on Amazon on a spearate post. Where's an easy list of currently supported drivers for NVIDIA?
Emerald_Flame@reddit
Every driver download on Nvidia's website has a "Supported Products" tab that will show you what is supported.
This is the latest driver version. https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/drivers/details/265874/
16/20 Series and newer is supported. Anything older, support has been dropped.
-UserRemoved-@reddit
I would expect driver conflicts in this situation, especially given driver support for the 710 ended.
https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/need-driver-for-geforce-gt-710/292865
Dunno if it will let you, but you can try to install the latest driver that did support the 710.
Or spin up a VM with GPU passthrough, that might work as well.
Willowvayle@reddit (OP)
Latest driver download errored out the RTX, so that's a no-go.
What would a VM with GPU passthrough look like?
I did find the virtualization option when digging through my BIOS so I know I've got that enabled now, are you thinking that this secondary GPU can be connected to the VM?
-UserRemoved-@reddit
I have no idea, I have never done this myself nor have I researched how to do so. But theoretically it should work, since it's a completely different OS and you already proved using the correct driver works, but using both doesn't.