I recently purchased a Matrox P650 card which is a dual DVI (digital) card. I am very happy with it. Very easy installation and set up as well as excellent crisp display on both monitors. The P650 card is the next generation card that is a step up from the G550.
I have 2 Dell Ultra sharp 19' with a RADEON 9000 series adapter. One moniter uses the Analog input and the other uses the Digital. To me, there is no difference in picture quality between the 2 monitors.
Now adays all new laptops come with dual display video cards. such as ati mobility radeon and nvidia mobile both are dual display.
Thanks Woody and everyone, you just cant get this information anywhere else. The P650 sounds perfect for my new 'puter.
This topic has been mentioned in previous threads, numerous times . . . The consensus appears to be that there isn't much of a difference using an "adaptor" which allows one to use the DVI output of a video card in "analog" mode. However, I recently found a DVI cable for only $19.00 ( instead of the $69.95 ones made by Belkin ) and found that my LCD was in fact a tad sharper. Not much, but just enough to make you go out and find a reasonably priced DVI cable. Since most DVI to Analog "adaptors" run $15 bucks, you might as well just find a DVI cable for a few more dollars and run in the Digital Mode!