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Second Graphics Card for G5

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shiftyroach

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Hey guys,

I've got a PowerMac Dual G5. Smokin' machine with 2gigs of RAM and the ATI 9650 dual DVI with 256mb on it. No gaming on this machine, strictly photos.

I'm about to purchase a Dell 32inch LCD display but I also want to keep my 19inch Samsung LCD.

I'm looking for recommendations for a second display adapter for the samsung. No digital inputs on it at all, straight VGA.

Thanks for your help.

- ish
 
You don't need a 2nd graphics card...hook your Dell display up to one DVI port, and then get a DVI to VGA adapter (such as this one) to hook up into your other DVI port and convert it to VGA to plug into the Samsung monitor.
 
shiftyroach said:
so when the site says:

they don't mean i have to use both dvi connectors?
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Nope...you just need a dual link card. The ATI has 2 DVI ports, one of which is dual-link and one of which is single-link. You hook the DVI connector from the dell screen into the dual-link port and the Sharp screen into the single-link port and you are good to go.
 
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