Dual Monitor vid cards?
 

I'm at the point to where I need to run dual monitors.

What do you thing of your dual monitor system? Like it? hate it?

What are the better video cards out for this? Keep in mind I do a lot of graphics work. So I need something that will work well with doing graphics.

Monitors are a dime a dozen so I'm not worried about that.
I'll just be using 17" monitors.
So what do you think are the better ones. And if you can, try to give a price range.

Right now I'm just trying to get the low down on them.

Many thanks
Oz
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ATI Radeon 9700 Pro. :2 cents:

I have a Radeon 8500 myself - unless you need the performace of the 9700 Pro, I wouldn't waste money on it.

I have an old Matrox Millenium G450 and it rocks!!!

The problem with buying a video card that supports two minitors is that none of them allow you to set different resolutions on two screens. Your computer treats the two monitors as one desktop and it gets very weird. A bunch of people who have a dual monitor card also have problems maximizing windows since they stretch to the size of the two minitors.

I have All In Wonder Pro (AGP4) and a nVidia TNT2 (PCI). The combo works like a charm. I also use Ultramon to stretch the tool bar to the second desktop. Total cost is under $200.

I suggest you use two independent video cards for a dual monitor setup.

GeForce4 Ti4600 - dual monitors truly rock :thumbsup

Edit: You can run different desktop sizes on each monitor

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i like my dual 19" monitor system... though i find i rarely ever even turn on the other screen... it's more for show, but it's fully functional

got the ATI Radeon also

what are the benefits of using two monitors?

I keep thinking about it...

I wanna rock 2 LCDs in style... LOL.

One for Photoshop, one for other stuff...

Or maybe one for GFY?

a Dual monitor is the best thing that hapend to me in my life :1orglaugh

all you need is a second video card :thumbsup

dual? blah! Run triple, I have a matrox parahelia that supports three monitors and it rocks.

Brad

XP supports dual monitors - no need for a second video card. I run an additional flat screen off my laptop with no problems, both at different resolutions.

I am using a Matrox G550 and its nice.

If you don't do much gaming on the system in question, you can't beat it for the price.

nonsense. You can change the res of each monitor

Also I had a G450, its ok to a point, but if you want to get heavy on it it crawls.

Am running a gainward geforce4 golden sample now.

Fuckin rocks :D

Dual monitor? Go dual system!

This is a pretty sweet app that lets you share your cursor and keyboard accross two systems so you can run multiple OS's. Great for Unix/Windows settings.

http://www.hubbe.net/~hubbe/x2vnc.html

I'll take GeForce4 Ti4600 over the ATI Radeon 9700 Pro any day.
ATi 9700 is a fast beast but the drivers are not as stable as nVidia's GeForce line of cards. Once you go Dual Monitor, you will never go back, I guarantee it :thumbsup