Yep. ATI Radeon 7500 comes with a VGA and a DVI-I. Just buy a VGA adaptor for the DVI-I and you can run 2 monitors on the 7500 card. The adaptor costs about $27 at your local computer store.
$27 dollars? I picked up a DVI-I/VGA adapter a couple of days ago for $8 at the local computer store.
You got one for $8? Was it new or used? Are you sure it is the DVI-I adaptor? There is another type of DVI that only fits in certain cards... Otherwise, I was ripped off by Computer City! Arghh... Oh, and what brand was yours? Mine was a Belkin...
Yeah, new. They had two kinds, both were the DVI-I adapters. One was $15 (name brand) and the other was $8, generic. Actually, I think it was $8.99, so $9 to be more accurate. They also had one with an extension cable for $30. I got it at Fry's Electronics. I returned it though because when I got home, I found out my vid card DVI output is DVI-D. Stupid of me not to check beforehand.
Now that I think about it, the $30 one was Belkin. But adapters are adapters. Unless there's a noticeable difference in quality, like gold plated connections or something, I don't think the brand makes a difference.
Yeah, Belkins seem to be expensive. I would rather have the $8 one if it worked just as good... Heck, it cost almost half as much as the whole video card!
Well you're still better off than me. I had to buy another card to add another monitor because of the stupid DVI-D output on my card.
I always thought there were 2 types of DVI adaptors. Couldn't you just get the adaptor that would work with the DVI-D? Or wouldn't that work with the VGA monitor?
I thought the same thing after I found out that I had the DVI-D, so I called my card manufacturer's tech support and asked. Unfortunately according to them, the DVI-D cannot be converted to VGA and must be used with a digital display. They were kind enough to suggest that I buy one of their more recent cards that have DVI-I outputs to solve my problem.