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gelbin

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Jan 18, 2002
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Hey all: I am trying to figure out what options i have. I have an older gr 450 with a vga monitor. i recently got a good deal on an apple flat panel which i would like to use as my preview screen for video editing etc - essentially as a second monitor. I have an older video card that only supports one screen and has vga and dvi outputs. what can i do? Something like a geforce 4 would be idea, it would have the adc and vga (i think!?!) and would drive both monitors. The problem is as far as i can tell, you can't buy them without a new computer. So what do you do???

I could also get a radeon 8500 or equivalent, but then i need a dr. bott dviator and that is another 100+$$ on top of a 300$ card.

Is the geforce available other than with a computer?

Can pc radeons be flashed to work with macs?? - if so, the pc 8500 is like half the price.

please, any tips woudl be appreciated.
thanks.
 
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