Dual Monitor (Lcd) Help

[DjmCam]

I just purchased (2) Dell E151FP 15" LCD flatpanel monitors. I currently have a Visiontek Xtasy Geforce 3 Ti: 200 AGP Video Card (the one from BB Black Day). I am also running Windows Xp Pro & possibly Win2k Pro in the future.

I would like to span the monitors. They are analog (vga) connectors on the monitors, so I assume that I'd need a secondary pci video card.

I need a few tips and pointers on how to go about this.

So here's the total setup:

Iwill KK266-R Mobo
1.33 Ghz Athlon (non overclocked at the moment)
(2) Dell E151FP 15" LCD flatpanel monitors (vga connectors)
(1) Visiontek Xtasy Geforce 3 Ti: 200 Video Card
Windows Xp Pro & Win2k Pro

I need advice especially about the second PCI Video card. Since I don't need DVI I just need advice on which card would be the best compatibility with dual support for xp & 2k basically.

Thanks in advance.

 

[DjmCam]

bump, any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

[SUOrangeman]

Matrox.

-SUO

 

[DjmCam]

could you elaborate a bit?

Model?

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

a g400 would work fine, but so would an ati card, its pretty simple, just stick the card in and windows -should- set it up right once you get the drivers installed.

matrox has great drivers for multiple monitors, you may wanna peruse ebay for a used g400, they should be cheap.

 

[SUOrangeman]

You can go even cheaper with a Matrox Millennium PCI. Since the second display won't have 3D capabilities, you might as well get one of the best lines in the 2D world. Even their old stuff is quite good.

-SUO

 

[akkim]

i'm running 2 secondary LCD's on 2 matrox millenium 4mb cards. they were like $15 bucks each, and they get the job done. I'm looking for PCI cards with dvi though. I'm not sure if the inno3D geforce 2 MX400 with dvi would have better or worse picture quality. ANyway, for good answers to multi-monitor questions, go to www.realtimesoft.com. they rock.