Need suggestion for a video card

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I have a Dell 2400 -- 2.2GHz, with WinXP-Home edition, WITHOUT AGP.
And I have two 17" CRTs (Sony and Viewsonic).

My applications are just spreadsheets, word processing, web browsers
and email -- no graphic intensive programs nor games.

I want to use my 2 monitors with WinXP's dual monitor feature. What
video card do I need? I don't know much about video cards, so please
be specific.

TIA

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A card based on ATI Radeon 9200SE would completely satisfy your needs. It's
cheaper than ATI Radeon 9200.

"Tod" <no_spam_me@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> For something cheap a Matrox G550 (32MB memory) or ATI 9200 (128MB memory)
> Or a higher end Matrox G650 ($150)
>
> <0b3hks001@sneakemail.com> wrote in message
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>>I have a Dell 2400 -- 2.2GHz, with WinXP-Home edition, WITHOUT AGP.
>> And I have two 17" CRTs (Sony and Viewsonic).
>>
>> My applications are just spreadsheets, word processing, web browsers
>> and email -- no graphic intensive programs nor games.
>>
>> I want to use my 2 monitors with WinXP's dual monitor feature. What
>> video card do I need? I don't know much about video cards, so please
>> be specific.
>>
>> TIA
>>
>
>
>

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Matrox G450 PCI Dualhead
http://www.matrox.com/mga/products [...] 50_pci.cfm


<0b3hks001@sneakemail.com> wrote in message
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> "Tod" <no_spam_me@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:<PNTrd.127856$V41.30362@attbi_s52>...
>> For something cheap a Matrox G550 (32MB memory) or ATI 9200 (128MB
>> memory)
>> Or a higher end Matrox G650 ($150)
>
> I noted that Matrox G550, ATI 9200/SE are all AGP cards. My computer
> does not have an AGP slot. Would these cards work in my PC?
>
> TIA
>
>
>> <0b3hks001@sneakemail.com> wrote in message
>> news:64e817b9.0412022129.2d4aab46@posting.google.com...
>> >I have a Dell 2400 -- 2.2GHz, with WinXP-Home edition, WITHOUT AGP.
>> > And I have two 17" CRTs (Sony and Viewsonic).
>> >
>> > My applications are just spreadsheets, word processing, web browsers
>> > and email -- no graphic intensive programs nor games.
>> >
>> > I want to use my 2 monitors with WinXP's dual monitor feature. What
>> > video card do I need? I don't know much about video cards, so please
>> > be specific.
>> >
>> > TIA
>> >
>

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Do a search for dual head PCI cards on www.ebay.com

<0b3hks001@sneakemail.com> wrote in message
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> Are there cheaper cards that will handle dual monitors?
>
> TIA
>
>

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On 2 Dec 2004 21:29:57 -0800, 0b3hks001@sneakemail.com wrote:

>I have a Dell 2400 -- 2.2GHz, with WinXP-Home edition, WITHOUT AGP.
>And I have two 17" CRTs (Sony and Viewsonic).
>
>My applications are just spreadsheets, word processing, web browsers
>and email -- no graphic intensive programs nor games.
>
>I want to use my 2 monitors with WinXP's dual monitor feature. What
>video card do I need? I don't know much about video cards, so please
>be specific.

You do not need a dual monitor card. All you need is a simple,
inexpensive PCI video card. Then use *both* your current integrated
video and the add-in PCI card. I have done this with systems with
Intel integrated video and it works fine. Just buy something like a
GeForce 4 MX 200 PCI card. You should be able to pick up one used for
next to nothing on eBay.

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