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I have to disagree with most if not all of the statement below. Sorry, not
trying to be rude, but I have to state the facts as I see them. Any Radeon
will do an excellent job at dual monitor (the card has to have the dual
monitor outputs though) support without any distortions or banding. They are
just as crisp and sharp as the Matrox cards as well. The Matrox cards were
better at 2D 5+ years ago, but not anymore. Matching the video card to the
monitor is more important (much too long of a topic to cover here).
In my particular case, I am currently running 17" and 21" Sony CRT monitors
on my Radeon 7500. I was also running the 21" Sony with a 17" BenQ LCD as
well. No problems and superb text (Except the old 520GS which is starting to
show it's age).
I use a Sapphire Radeon 7500 with the VGA and DVI-I outputs with a "DVI-I to
VGA" adapter for the second monitor. My OEM model did not come with the
adapter. Some Radeons do not come with both connectors so make sure you get
the right one. And if you need the adapter you may get one included with the
retail version.
I would suggest that the original poster look for a 9000-9200SE as the
perfect choice for his needs. There are a couple things you need to check
for before you buy the video card:
1) Does your motherboard have an AGP slot?
2) IAW question 1, do you need a PCI or AGP card?
3) Does the new video card have dual monitor connectors?
4) Does the new video card come with a DVI-I adapter?
bye, Rick
"Sham B" <shamb@easynet.co.ukNOSP> wrote in message
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> Output quality, AGP and dual monitor support are your important
requirements.
>
> The millenium g450 sounds like a good bet. Higher output quality than
most gaming cards for crisp
> text output, and also dual monitor support.
>
>
http://www.matrox.com/mga/products/mill_g450/home.cfm
>
> gaming cards are almost at the same level of 2D output quality as
dedicated corporate solutions
> (especially ATI radeons), so you may want to try a cheap gaming card *but*
you are chancing it a
> little - you need to have a very good power supply for a really sharp
picture, and some gaming cards
> have a slight banding effect, especially when you look at screens of dark
text on light backgrounds
> (ie share dealing screens). Its a bit of a lottery to be honest. The
matrox may be a bit more
> expensive, but you are more likely to get that crisp and stable 2 monitor
display you seem to
> require.
>
>
> The only issue is whether your computer supports a recent AGP standard,
but you havent given your
> motherboard make and model.
>
> S
>
>
>
>
> Peter Dune wrote:
> > Can you tell me if I need a graphic card and if so which one I need?
> >
> > 1. I don't play any game on my computer
> > 2. 1.33 Ghz CPU
> > 3. 480 MB of DDR RAM
> > 4. Samsung SyncMaster 760 TFT connected to the built-in VGA port
> > 5. The motherboard has an AGP slot
> > 6. I may try to use dual monitors for streaming stock quote charts and
> > data. (And this is the only reason I am considering a graphic card.)
> >
> > Your help on this matter will be appreciated very much.
> >
> > peter
>
>
ATi does make a lot of PCI cards still. This has been
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