I have had my 9800pro AIW for around 5 months now and have been too lazy to set up dual monitors untill now since I have been spending more time just using one for each machine. Now I have a reason to set it up (I am doing more programming again) and the old Matrox G400 I planned on putting in to run dual off my main machine turns out to be AGP. Bah, I could have sworn it was PCI. Turns out ALL my older video cards sitting around are AGP, sigh.
So anyways, I need to pick up a new PCI card. It doesn't have to be snazzy, and I could care less about its gaming abilities. It just needs to be able to run 1600x1200 for my one of my 21" CRTs (though I think the Mitsu 2040u is labaled a 22", not like its any different viewable image wise then my Sony G520p, stupid marketing). I also want it to have DVI though for when I get another LCD (hopefully a 213t in a month or so to take over the duties of my 192t and then I can really start getting rid of my CRTs).
The Sapphire 64mb Radeon 7000 PCI seems to fit the bill. NewEgg has it for $41 and I can get it locally for $46. Any thing else I should look at? While I have run multiple monitors in the past its always been off the same card. I haven't used multiple cards for it before and am just guessing I want to stick with the same manufacturer so that I only need one brand of drivers. I was going to throw the Matrox in there since I already had it and see what happened, but now that I know its AGP I am not sure if I want to buy something other then ATI for this. I can get a NVidia MX440 for a similiar price, would that be a headache with the different drivers?
Basically any reason I shouldn't get the Radeon 7000?
So anyways, I need to pick up a new PCI card. It doesn't have to be snazzy, and I could care less about its gaming abilities. It just needs to be able to run 1600x1200 for my one of my 21" CRTs (though I think the Mitsu 2040u is labaled a 22", not like its any different viewable image wise then my Sony G520p, stupid marketing). I also want it to have DVI though for when I get another LCD (hopefully a 213t in a month or so to take over the duties of my 192t and then I can really start getting rid of my CRTs).
The Sapphire 64mb Radeon 7000 PCI seems to fit the bill. NewEgg has it for $41 and I can get it locally for $46. Any thing else I should look at? While I have run multiple monitors in the past its always been off the same card. I haven't used multiple cards for it before and am just guessing I want to stick with the same manufacturer so that I only need one brand of drivers. I was going to throw the Matrox in there since I already had it and see what happened, but now that I know its AGP I am not sure if I want to buy something other then ATI for this. I can get a NVidia MX440 for a similiar price, would that be a headache with the different drivers?
Basically any reason I shouldn't get the Radeon 7000?
