Dual VGA Monitor Card?

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First, I have a pair of LED VGA monitors that I am quite happy with so I really don't want to spend the $$$ for new monitors. Though I am the process of building a new system for non-gaming applications, some 3D rendering, Photoshop, Autocad, etc. Build specs so far;

Motherboard - Asus M5A97 LE R2.0
Processor - AMD FX6300 6 core 3.5GHz Black Edition
Memory - Patriot Viper 2x4gb DDR3 1866MHz
Drive - Seagate 1Tb 7200 SATA
Power - 500w Raidmax 22w@12v

What I originally picked up was a PNY GeForce GT630 2Gb card cause I was told it had a DVI-I and a VGA port, until I got home to find it only (?) has a DVI-D port, which as we know will not work for VGA without an adapter unit which I really don't want. So, what I am looking for is a card with these minimum specs;

2Gb memory
800MHz core clock
1070 memory clock
384/400+ cuda or processors
Must be able to connect dual VGA monitors, (DVI-I adapter if necessary)
Under $200

I have spend a full day trying to find just such a card, but getting a hold of some manufactures tech is almost impossible, so I figured it's time to turn the real knowledge. Anyone have any ideas?

How about the Diamond 6570PE32G AMD Radeon HD 6570 2048MB GDDR3 PCIe 2.1 Video Card? Good processor power, 2Gb, can handle dual monitors...
 

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Raidmax Viper ATX-321, and yes, everything but the GPU.
 

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A little pricey, and probably way more power than I will ever need, I should mention that the max resolution I will be running is 1920x1200... But does that mean that any card with dual DMI-I ports can handle dual VGA? I had read that many of them can only handle one VGI on the DMI-I, the other DMI-I can run only DMI-I or DMI-D.

 

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From my original post, I am running two VGA LED monitors... No DVI-D nor HDMI. So what I need is a card that meets my specs that can use a DVI-I adapter on one port, and a VGA on the second port. I do have dual PCI-16 slots on my motherboard so if worse comes to worse I can run a pair of decent cards...
 

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Pay attention... That card is DVI-D, I am not running DVI-D at all. I can connect a DVI-I adapter for one VGA, but need a second port to be VGA.
 
I don't think such things exist. All GPU that has a VGA are not capable of splitting it's analog signal, so all of them that has VGA only comes with DVI-D.
You would need a external digital to analog converter.

They don't have DVI-D
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121686
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127725
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127782

I don't know if this works for you or not
http://www.amazon.com/Cable-Matters-Gold-Plated-Active-Adapter/dp/B00879DM56/ref=cm_srch_res_rtr_1
 

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Not true, I have seen some lower end cards with DVI-I and VGA, but they were 1Mb or less, and the number of processors were like 96 cuda, I'm sure a card exists, just not having much luck finding one.

The Diamond 6670 is an excellent solution, just no one has one in stock. I suppose I could try fleebay.

Hah! Found one at WalMart! :lol:
 
Here are a few options.
http://www.amazon.com/Sapphire-Radeon-PCI-Express-Graphics-100292DDR3L/dp/B004N3BH0C
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131559
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150681
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150676
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150682
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121645
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127683
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150699
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814103252