Ati 5850 dvi to analogue tv connect

[jockie]

Will I have to abandon my analogue TV dual screen setup if I upgrade from my current video card with an s-video port to an ATI Radeon hd-5850 video card with DVI and HDMI but no s-video?
Or will I be able to connect the analogue TV to the card's DVI port?
The TV has s-video and AV (red, white, yellow) ports.

 

[jay2tall]

You will not be able to connect them unless you have some sort of converter box that will convert DVI to AV cables.

Welcome to the digital age.

 

[jockie]

OK, thanks for your reply.
I actually did a bit more research since posting and figured as much.

Hmmm digital age you say. Do I get a welcome present of a large HDTV?

 

[jay2tall]

Sure.. for a membership fee of $999.99 we will send you a free 40" 120Hz LCD.

 

[DBarry]

Thank you - that also answers my question.

Would it be possible to install two graphics cards - the Radeon HD5850 for digital, and a second, cheaper card with s-video output for connection to the analogue TV?

I think I've read somewhere that it's not possible to install two graphics cards in a single PC (except in SLI or Crossfire of course) but I can't rememder why. Driver problems maybe?