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mindabsence 2003-06-25 10:44
I am looking at a few PowerColour ATI cards that have both DVI and CRT display plugs. I was wondering is it fully possible to run 2 monitors on a card with both plugs using an adapter so that I can plug my normal monitor in the DVI slot, I have heard and read LOTS of problems with stuff like that. Should I bother with cards like that or just get another card, if so what cheap priced but good cards should I look into??
My system is:
Windows XP Pro
Intel P-3 1000
Thanks a lot!
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Christian Studer 2003-06-25 11:04
There are almost no cards with dual VGA ports, even dual DVI cards are more common. The old Matrox G450 has dual VGA, another solution would be to use 2 cards (AGP + PCI).
Personally I've had no problems with using a DVI-to-VGA adapter with both the ATI and Nvidia cards I used.
Christian Studer - www.realtimesoft.com
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Barton 2003-06-25 11:25
In my home system, I am running all digital but at my office, I am running an older ATI Radeon VE, which has a VGA and a DVI out, and have two CRT's attached using a DVI-VGA adapter on one of the outputs and have experienced no problems.
Personally, I would stay away from ATI clones. I have read a number of reviews from users who have experienced problems with Powercolor and SapphireTech. My suggestion would be to stick to "built by ATI" cards.
That's my two cents worth.
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ecarlson 2003-06-25 13:37
My PNY GeForce4 Ti4200 works fine with a DVI-VGA adapter on one of the two monitors. But I haven't tried any ATI-based dual-output cards, so I don't know about your situation.
- Eric www.InvisibleRobot.com
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