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8500LE & Photoshop, want to hook up two CRTs to it...what do I need?

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I would like to use two monitors when using Photoshop. Can I do this with the ATI 8500LE 64 card? I looked at a picture of the card and the two monitor connectors are different types, I "assume" I just need an adapter to make the second one a VGA type, is that right?

Also, do I need to do anything special in the OS (or Photoshop) to be able to use both monitors? I'm currently running WIn98se, but I may upgrade to XP if this is necessary.

Thanks for sharing your knowledge!!!!
 
If the card you're looking at has one vga out for a crt, and a dvi out, you would need an adapter for dvi to vga. The os shouldn't cause any problems.
 
I "assume" I just need an adapter to make the second one a VGA type, is that right?
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If the manufacterer didn't omit the external secondary RAMDAC, many 8500le cards won't support a CRT off the DVI port (DVI-D in this case).
 
In looking into the 8500le further, I see several manufacturers don't support that. I guess I'll have to look into another card for dual monitor support. I was hoping the 8500le would work, since I've seen some good comments about it concerning gaming also. Any other recommendations or a particular 8500le manufacturer that does.

Continuing to search and learn.....

Thanks for the help so far!!!
 
The Radeon 9xxx cards have both RAMDAC internal, so you know if it has 2 monitor connectors...it supports dual monitors.
 
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