I've got a Pentium 4 3.0 Ghz chip and I want to put together a dual display setup. I've already got onboard video and I'm wondering which card to get to run the other monitor (assuming one of my monitors CAN be onboard video with a dual setup?). I have PCI slots open as well as AGP. I'm looking to spend between $50-$100, and I want to purchase it from Newegg. I'll be using it for Photoshop, Dreamweaver, and other various desktop publishing tools. The card will be hooked up to either a 17" LCD or a 19" CRT.|||It's possible to do a dual-display setup with your computer but there are some things you should know.
* AGP cards are exclusive so it definitely won't share with your on-board video.
* Some systems are designed to disable on-board video when another video card is inserted (PCI or AGP). It's hard to tell if your system will do that.
No problem though, you just need to buy a video card with two video outputs. I'm familiar with nvidia cards and I know for certain that dual-display is supported in the software so any nvidia card would work as long as two VGA outputs are present on the card. If you plan to connect to one CRT and one LCD with DVI connector, you can use this card then (see picture):
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…
If you are doing two CRTs, however, you'll need something like this where they include a DVI-to-VGA adaptor:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…
You can also look for dual-VGA video cards like this one but I'm not familiar with ATI products and how easy it is to set it up:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…|||Check out this card - DirectX 9.0, OpenGL 2.0, DVI, S-Video and VGA connectors, 256 MB - all for $70.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…
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