I know there's probably a million threads about graphics cards, but I'm looking for one which supports dual monitors and I'm looking to spend as little as possible, maybe £50-£100? Any help appreciated.

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Ati Radeon 9600Pro cards are pretty good. They've dual monitor support and aren't very expensive..

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Originally posted by Thunder5 Ati Radeon 9600Pro cards are pretty good. They've dual monitor support and aren't very expensive..

Unless he plans on gaming, I have to say that this may be overkill for him. An old radeon 7xxx series with dual head would do just fine if he isn't gaming.

es

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don;t get the radeon 7500 series whatsoever..... it's crap b/c of some small hardware/driver faults.

I hate myself for buying it.

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Matrox is the leader in multi-head desktop environments. Just about every desktop video card supports multi-head displays now, but Matrox has been around for a while and I can recommend a Matrox card to anyone that is using their computers soley for music only...

I use a G550 and I havent had any problems with it.

Warning, 3D applications/games dont run well at all on the older cards, but they are very cheap, less than a $100 USD.

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Originally posted by SgtFoo don;t get the radeon 7500 series whatsoever..... it's crap b/c of some small hardware/driver faults. I hate myself for buying it.

I never had one, but I never heard about any problems with it (and if there were wide-spread problems, I would have heard about it). I'm just saying, get something old if the gaming aspect doesn't matter.

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Originally posted by Vert Unless he plans on gaming, I have to say that this may be overkill for him. An old radeon 7xxx series with dual head would do just fine if he isn't gaming. es

Agree.. Just suggested the 9600pro cause haven't seen 7xxx series anywhere lately..

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Agree.. Just suggested the 9600pro cause haven't seen 7xxx series anywhere lately..

I forgot to mention; My computer can be updated, but my girlfriends is upto date with the latest hardware. I just installed an Abit/ATI 9600 video card and it works great with the setup we have downstairs...

Monitor 1 -- Monitor 2 -- TV

I didnt even have to install the driver CD into the computer, i just installed the card and downloaded the catalyst drivers from ati.com and I was off and running. I love it. 3D games look great and smooth action also. This is the one I got...

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=324028

Its only $100 USD, great value...

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Agree.. Just suggested the 9600pro cause haven't seen 7xxx series anywhere lately..

I forgot to mention; My computer can be updated, but my girlfriends is upto date with the latest hardware. I just installed an Abit/ATI 9600 video card and it works great with the setup we have downstairs...

Monitor 1 -- Monitor 2 -- TV

I didnt even have to install the driver CD into the computer, i just installed the card and downloaded the catalyst drivers from ati.com and I was off and running. I love it. 3D games look great and smooth action also. This is the one I got...

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=324028

Its only $100 USD, great value...

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Originally posted by JTZ I just installed an Abit/ATI 9600 video card and it works great with the setup we have downstairs...

Yeah.. I'm pretty satisfied with my 9600 pro also.. but it is overkill if you don't play games.

Agree with JTZ on Maxtrox. Stable for the two computers monitors.

But anyway, 9200 ATI radeon should be more then enuff as Im using that. I just need a two monitor supported. It doesnt matter me much on the Gaming anyway it beyond the budget.

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ive got a question actually about this stuff---ive read that getting a really big card actually does more harm than good for music production. is that true? like it eats cpu while its running...basically kinda like what vert was saying about overkill.