2 Monitors both using DVI

[Mr.Noisy]

Ive found out an old CRT monitor which when it was used was pretty good, ive got the 7300 card in the mac, can the dual link DVI output be used with just a DVI cable ?
What i want to do is use 1 monitor for photoshop & editing stuff and the other for playing back movies, eventually i will be getting the Apple 30" but for now, I'm trying to save a few quid, any advice greatly received

 

[Kosh66]

Yes, I believe, a DVI cable can be plugged into the dual-link DVI port to give ordinary DVI resolutions.

 

[SDDave2007]

Your MacPro should have come with two DVI-VGA adapters allowing you to plug an older CRT into the DVI slot

 

[Sean Dempsey]

The only time you need to worry is when you are using the 30" or something that needs the dual link. If you have regular DVI-D cables/monitors, they should just plug and play. Use the VGA-DVI adapter that you got with your mac pro and you should be great.

I have a DVI plugged into each port on my card, and I just used the DVI-D cables that came with the monitors (samsungs)

check this out:
http://www.pacificcable.com/DVI_Tutorial.htm

that might help.

 

[Mr.Noisy]

Thanks guys, all sorted now running 2 monitors, 2 minute job once i found my DVI to VGA cable, cheers