I need some advice on a video card for my system. I currently have a
Gateway GT5657E w/ 3 GB ram and a built-in nVidia 6150SE. The 6150SE
provides all the graphic power that I need. However, I do a lot of web
design work and programming work. What I would like to do is have 2
monitors so that I can have the source/development environment on one
monitor and the other could be running the window with the code I'm working
on.

What I would like is a dual-ported card that contains it's own memory so
that I could run 2 monitors without using(sharing) any system ram. That way
I could turn off the on-board 6150SE and reclaim the memory. Like I said
earlier, I don't need any graphics capability above that of the 6150SE. In
other words, I'm not a gamer.

Could someone suggest a card that would meet my needs?

Thanks in advance...

Dick

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On Tue, 4 Nov 2008 13:39:25 -0500, "Dick"
wrote:

I need some advice on a video card for my system. I currently have a
Gateway GT5657E w/ 3 GB ram and a built-in nVidia 6150SE. The 6150SE
provides all the graphic power that I need. However, I do a lot of web
design work and programming work. What I would like to do is have 2
monitors so that I can have the source/development environment on one
monitor and the other could be running the window with the code I'm working
on.

What I would like is a dual-ported card that contains it's own memory so
that I could run 2 monitors without using(sharing) any system ram. That way
I could turn off the on-board 6150SE and reclaim the memory. Like I said
earlier, I don't need any graphics capability above that of the 6150SE. In
other words, I'm not a gamer.

Could someone suggest a card that would meet my needs?

Thanks in advance...

Dick

just because your not a gamer dont shy away from a gaming video card in your
price range, this EVGA 9500GT for 59$ has 2 DVI outputs and HDTV with 512MB
http://local.ads.nwsource.com/ads/si...ys/frys_1page/

Andy & Mike,

Thanks for the links & advice. Do any cards come with 2 vga (15 pin)
connectors on them? I noticed on the link Andy provided that all of the
cards seem to have a vga & a dvi connector.

Dick

"Dick" wrote in message
...
I need some advice on a video card for my system. I currently have a
Gateway GT5657E w/ 3 GB ram and a built-in nVidia 6150SE. The 6150SE
provides all the graphic power that I need. However, I do a lot of web
design work and programming work. What I would like to do is have 2
monitors so that I can have the source/development environment on one
monitor and the other could be running the window with the code I'm working
on.

What I would like is a dual-ported card that contains it's own memory so
that I could run 2 monitors without using(sharing) any system ram. That
way I could turn off the on-board 6150SE and reclaim the memory. Like I
said earlier, I don't need any graphics capability above that of the
6150SE. In other words, I'm not a gamer.

Could someone suggest a card that would meet my needs?

Thanks in advance...

Dick

Those cards come with a dvi-i to vga adapter that works fine.

There are a couple of dual vga connector cards:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=Property&Subcategory=48&De scription=&Type=&N=2000380048&srchInDesc=&MinPrice =&MaxPrice=&PropertyCodeValue=696%3A33099&Property CodeValue=696%3A9641&PropertyCodeValue=690%3A9629

On Wed, 5 Nov 2008 10:18:06 -0500, "Dick"
wrote:

Andy & Mike,

Thanks for the links & advice. Do any cards come with 2 vga (15 pin)
connectors on them? I noticed on the link Andy provided that all of the
cards seem to have a vga & a dvi connector.

Dick

"Dick" wrote in message
...
I need some advice on a video card for my system. I currently have a
Gateway GT5657E w/ 3 GB ram and a built-in nVidia 6150SE. The 6150SE
provides all the graphic power that I need. However, I do a lot of web
design work and programming work. What I would like to do is have 2
monitors so that I can have the source/development environment on one
monitor and the other could be running the window with the code I'm working
on.

What I would like is a dual-ported card that contains it's own memory so
that I could run 2 monitors without using(sharing) any system ram. That
way I could turn off the on-board 6150SE and reclaim the memory. Like I
said earlier, I don't need any graphics capability above that of the
6150SE. In other words, I'm not a gamer.

Could someone suggest a card that would meet my needs?

Thanks in advance...

Dick