nForce2 IGP with dual monitor

[acidblood]

Hello,

I'm building a low-cost embedded system whose main requirement is dual monitor output. I set out thinking I'd need a discrete video card for that, but after some searching I found out about nForce2 IGP's support for dual monitors, and the Epox EP-8RGA+ and the Shuttle MN31L mainboards which have dual VGA out. However these seem fairly hard to find in the market, so if anyone could point me towards other boards with dual monitor out, I'd be grateful.

I've also read around that there are daughterboards for the second video out, so that even single monitor nForce2 IGP boards could be extended to dual monitor by addition of this daughterboard. Is this true, and what motherboards support it?

Thanks

Decio

 

[erwos]

Shuttle made the FN41 motherboard with dual-out, too. The better Geforce 6150 motherboards tend to have dual-outs - one VGA, one DVI-D (_not_ DVI-I). I would personally head in that direction.

The daughter card you're thinking about is the CV-22 DVI-AGP card for the SN41G2. I'm not sure how that works, exactly.

-Erwos

 

[acidblood]

Thanks. I was looking for an Asus, MSI or Gigabyte board since they're easier to find around here.

Unfortunately this is a bottom-of-the-barrel budget machine, so I don't think I can afford a K8-based CPU. However, if I can't find an nForce2 IGP board, I may be forced to go that route. I'd require an analog VGA or DVI output though. Do you know of any boards that fit the bill?