For use in trading I think you are better off with Nvidia NVS 200, 280 or 285. Low power (21W) and no fan. Image quality is very good.
Except that you only have one AGP slot in that computer and it's already filled with the original card. So the next card will have to be a PCI card. Basically any dual-DVI PCI card that can run 1280x1024 resolution for a 19" display will work fine. At the higher resolutions, analog VGA signals don't work too well.
right... that makes sense. now you can see why i came here before i made a purchase. thanks for your help
There aren't many people making PCI graphics cards anymore, let alone ones that have DUAL outputs or ones that are BOTH DVI in nature. Checking www.newegg.com the search function reveals that there are only 21 models of NVDIA based chipset PCI cards, most of which have only ONE OUTPUT. I could only find two PCI cards on their website that come with dual-outputs: Jaton makes a Twin GeForce FX5200, 128MB DDR PCI card for $76.00 that should be just fine for you. The model #: Video-228PCI-Twin (pictured below) PNY also makes a GeForce FX5200 card for $70.00 that comes with 256MB of DDR memory, which is basically overkill for your needs.
thanks for your response, but i have decided to go with the Nvidia Quadro NVS 400. appreciate your time.. jon
My tech challenged question. I'm curious if my video card supports dual monitors. All I can find going through my display options is that I have a RADEON X300 Series. It's a Dell computer. I went to the web paged linked http://www.ati.com/products/radeonx300/index.html but that doesn't tell me what I'm looking for. Is there anyway to get this info off of my computer info? Thanks.
X300 series does support dual monitors. Check the your cards output you may have only one VGA d-sub and one DVI output in which case you would need to use monitors with both inputs or one VGA input monitor and one DVI monitor or an adapter.
If you are planning on having 6 monitors, I can understand your choice. But if you are only looking to connect 4 monitors, the NVS-400 is total overkill, especially at $340.00
only adding 2 for now, but i like having the option of adding 2 more in the future... the price originally kept me away from it, but i managed to steal a new one for $170.00 on ebay. i couldn't pass it up at that price...
I agree. I bought nVidia 6200 PCI card with 128MB for $37 about 4 months ago (from Newegg) See if they still have them.... last time they sold these, it went fast!!!