im not stupit right? video card question

[stillbr]

This will run 2 monitors correct? how does this look for running 2 2001fp's??

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814139144

[ir1337]

It's a capable card for that purpose. You would prefer to have native DVI outs for it rather than VGA DSub 15 adapters run into a converter, but for the price...decent deal. Imho, you can get a card with dual DVI outs with multiple heads for about the same price.

[stillbr]

i have no idea what you are saying... maybe someone could like a better card/deal? around the same price range

[ir1337]

For instance, I just bought a PCI ATI 7000 with two heads (connectors - one DVI (digital) and one VGA (analog) which run my second and third monitors very well. It cost me $40. I grabbed it from MicroCenter, but you can get it at many of the office supply joints and other computer stores. For PP and that ilk, it's more than sufficient.

[stillbr]

ok...i finally am getting what dvi output is...and it looks to be better for the 2001fp...so now here is my problem. My computer only has pci slots and i cannot find a dual dvi video card that is pci. Only pci express. Will PCI express fit in a pci slot?

[Jarekb]

XFX PVT64KUAF7 Geforce FX5200 256MB DDR PCI Video Card (http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?submit=PROPERTY&SubCategory=48&pro pertycodevalue=696:9642,691:9630&bop=and&Order=rat ing)

Has DVI and VGA 256mb ram and price is close to the one you posted.

JATON 3DForce Video-248PCI-DVI Geforce FX5700LE 128MB 64-bit DDR PCI Low Profile Video Card (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814139166)

This one is a bit more expensive but it has a better graphics engine (I think that's what it's called).

[ir1337]

Check my edit above...I linked to a very capable card for $50 which is dual head PCI, one is DVI the other VGA. Hell for the price, buy two and use one DVI from each =)

Disregard, go to www.Microcenter.com (http://www.Microcenter.com) and look for Video cards on the right navigation pane. Then PCI vid card (BTW, PCI Express cards are NOT compatible with PCI slots).

There's a few there that will do the trick for you.

[Jarekb]

The lowest price on Microcenter is around $50.
If you want to go cheap here's another from newegg

POWERCOLOR RV6P-A3 Radeon 7000 32MB DDR PCI Video Card (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814131211) $43 with shipping

You can get two of these and to suit your needs. If you want to spend a bit more you can get this dual dvi agp card which will give you performance for a few years. The cheaper one's I'm not sure if they're do much video processing, your agp one might do that, if it doesn't then your system might drag a bit. Here's the dual dvi

XFX PVT43KUDF3 Geforce 6600 256MB 128-bit DDR AGP 4X/8X Video Card (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150086) - $163 with shipping

You said you have open PCI slots, I assume you have an AGP slot thats taken up by your current video card. Looked newegg doesn't have a regular pci card with dual dvi.

[ir1337]

That first one is essentially the same one i grabbed. Good deal. I think he is saddled with NO AGP slot available at all.

[stillbr]

I have an emachines. Video card is part of the motherboard, and I only have pci slots to add a video card.

So lets say I get a video card with one vga and one DVI output. Will I need to get an adaptor for the DVI output to run two 2001fp's?

[ir1337]

Yes, but card often comes with the adapter. Mine did.

Tough luck on the emachine. they are a bear for u/g-ing

[stillbr]

ok so i think im going to get this card...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150061

and this is all i need to run 2 of my monitors correct?

btw it says at the bottom of the page it comes with DVI to D-Sub adapter....is this the adapter that I will need?

[NateDog]

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ok so i think im going to get this card...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150061

and this is all i need to run 2 of my monitors correct?

btw it says at the bottom of the page it comes with DVI to D-Sub adapter....is this the adapter that I will need?

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yep. I also had an emachines that I put a PCI card in. You will need to disable onboard video. I did this after installing the card, with the help of tech support. It's easy when they show you how, but it took me a week of frustration before I looked the up.