Help me pick 2 video cards for my friend!

[Devilishy]

My friend wants to upgrade his video cards at work. He has a pentium D with 2 GB ram. He will have 3 LCD displays but has only 1 x16 slot. So the 2nd video card has to be PCI.

Usage:
Email, Spreadsheets, Applications.
Gaming: Rarely
Multimedia: Watch movies occasionally.

His main thing is that it should run Vista smoothly.

His current card died on him and he wants this new setup.

What do you guys suggest?

 

[Zbox]

look at something like a diamond bv300 ~$115. one dual dvi port (2 displays) plus a vga port. i'm just assuming you could have 3 displays on it at once because it claims vga and dvi may be used simultaneously.

another option is something like this as an addon for his single existing card if supported:
http://www.matrox.com/graphics/offhome/th2go/home.cfm

 

[swtethan]

new mobo + sli cards 😀

if he wanted to upgrade later, the x16 card would sell a lot better than a pci card