[ale] most cost effective way to drive 2 monitors

[Scott Castaline]

Brian Pitts wrote:
> Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts wrote:
>   
>> can anyone reccomend a resonably priced (I'll be doing this out of my 
>> pocket), linux-friendly PCI video card with DVI?
>>     
> There are linux drivers for ATI's FireMV 2200. It has a DMS59 connector.
>
> "Dual Monitor System 59 is a 59-pin external interconnect for graphic 
> cards.  The 59 pin cable can transmit two DVI signals at a time after 
> which an adaptor can split the pin-out into any dual output combination 
> of two DVI and two 15-pin D-sub outputs. "
>
> If you can use two cards this Radeon 9250 
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814103167 looks 
> nice; 256mb of memory with an 128-bit interface for $50. I can vouch 
> that Radeon 9000-series cards work fine in Linux. You may be able to 
> find Radeon 7000s with DVI for even cheaper.
>
> -Brian
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I just recently got an eVGA GeForce 5200 PCI. seems to work fine. Not 
being a gamer or video buff I can't tell you if the advanced features 
work  well or not. I just do email, surf, spreadsheets, and audio 
archiving. I can tell you that FC6 found it just fine and loaded the 
generic drivers for it. It only has DVI & S-Video for outputs. This 
works fine since my other Distro is set for my embedded S3 video. I have 
my LCD connected to both and just switch the BIOS setting when booting.