Need help looking for a video card

moboking

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I have been at the computer stores looking for a video card, but there seems to be a lack of info on the packages and even on the manufactures' websites.

Here is what I am looking for:

A full-size PCI card that has two video ports (2 DVIs or one DVI and one VGA).
At least 256MB of VRAM
Both connectors support portrait modes. I don't know the resolutions yet because I am still shopping for the two monitors that will be used with this card. I am looking for a resolution where the width has to be over a thousand pixels. Getting the monitors is easy compared to getting the video card so I want to make sure I have the card first before deciding on the monitors.

The computer that this card will go into already has a PCIe card that is currently plugged into two monitors that are in landscape mode. However I need to add two more monitors in portrait mode. I cannot understand why the manufactures of these cards never put the resolutions supported by these cards.

My price range is about $150.
 
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What is your card right now? It's best to pick up a card that uses the same drivers, not necessarily the same card. Also stay within the same brand (ATI or Nvidia). A lot of cards out there today have a maximum digital resolution of 2560x1600. If you're not using this PC for gaming, then the Geforce 8xxx series or the ATI 3xxx series will work fine, but I'm not sure for PCI.

After looking around, I found a few cards:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814187057

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133233

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133212

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What is your card right now? It's best to pick up a card that uses the same drivers, not necessarily the same card. Also stay within the same brand (ATI or Nvidia). A lot of cards out there today have a maximum digital resolution of 2560x1600. If you're not using this PC for gaming, then the Geforce 8xxx series or the ATI 3xxx series will work fine, but I'm not sure for PCI.

After looking around, I found a few cards:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814187057

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133233

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133212
 
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