Second agp-card on 6373 ?

Hallo,
Is it possible to activate a second agp-card while not disabling the on-board graphic-card ?
I´m using windows xp and i tried with a pci-card and it worked fine. But the pci-card is very slow so I tried using an agp-card, but now the on-board card is not working anymore...

Nico4711,
There are several ways you could go.
nVidia, Matrox and ATI all have dual Vid AGP Cards.  You could also go with a GeForce2 MX PCI or an ATI PCI in combination with the onboard video.
Take a look at the Video Card options at:
New Egg
They show details about the cards they sell and have pictures.  Look at the AGP cards with dual heads (Matrox, Gainward, ASUS, and MSI) for ideas.  Also look at the PCI cards to see what you could add in along with the onboard.
If you get a PCI GeForce2 MX card it will match nicely with the power of the onboard video and cost you in the $50.00 range.
After you look over the options, feel free to come back with any questions.
Take Care,
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