[digimime]

Greetings

I need a video card to install a second monitor. Chances are, 64mb would work, since I only plan to use it with Dreamweaver. Other than the mb, I don't know what kind of video card would work. PriceWatch has some very inexpensive cards, so can anyone make a recommendation?

Thanks.

 

[kiwiguy]

Not without knowing your motherboard make and model and its capabilities?

You may be limited to PCI, or you may have an AGP slot or even a PCI-E. We simply do not know.

 

[schusterjo]

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Far as your card goes we would need to know exactly what your current setup is.
Onboard GPU? or are you currently using a PCI-E,AGP,PCI card?
Usually when going with a second monitor people buy a PCI card due to that's all they have left open. That along with their AGP or PCI-E card gives them dual support. Others just buy a video card that can support dual monitor support. There are even card that can support quad monitors.

 

[digimime]

Here goes

Computer

AMD Sempron™ 2200+
1.47 GHZ, 736 MB RAM

Is this the needed detail?
ACPI Uniprocessor PC
PCI bus
PCI standard host CPU bridge
PCI standard ISA bridge

System
WinXP Pro sp2

 

[JohnWill]

FWIW, I'd buy a single card with dual monitor support. The configuration options will be more unified in a single video driver, and I think you'll be happier with the results.

 

[Courtneyc]

Nope. What kind of video card does you motherboard support?

Your choices are PCI, AGP, PCIe.

FWIW, what you have stated so far applies to all three.

Courtney sends...

 

[digimime]

OK, I finally found the specs I think are needed:

PowerSpec 1415
Processor: AMD. Sempron(tm) Processor 2200+
Processor Speed: 1.5GHz
RAM Installed / Max RAM Supported: 256MB (see below*) PC-2700 DDR RAM (Expandable to 2.0GB)
Hard Drive: 40GB 7,200RPM Ultra ATA Hard Drive
Video Card: Integrated 4x AGP S3 Pro Savage 8 Video Chipset
Video Memory Installed: Up to 32MB of Shared Memory
Network Features: Integrated 10/100 Fast Ethernet Network Adapter

VIA SG3 UNICHROME IGP/MMX/SSE

Dxdiag results
Name: VIA/S3G UniChrome IGP
MFG: VIA/S3G

Drivers
Main: vtdisp.dll
Version: 6.14.0010.0212
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Courtney & John, can you come to some kind of agreement?

 

[winbob]

John,

Quit using your 'cloak of invisibility', they don't see your response!!!