Graphics cards for 2 monitors which don't cost the earth

twogoodtwo

I have just bought a second flat screen monitor for my 2.5 year old Dell desktop PC but I have just realised that I need a new graphics card to connect them up at the same time. Sadly, I have no idea where to look as I was in PC World and they seem to cost £150 and above! Not paying that price!!

Bearing in mind I play no games so I don't need a fancy graphics card (happy with the current 2.5 year graphics card) as I only surf the internet and check emails etc. Where can I get a cheap one - would love for it to cost less that £50!

From my basic understanding, my PC has a PCI card I think?

Any info or recommendations would be gratefully received.

Thanks

okanem

I'm using a dual monitor card at the moment, works nicely.

Its a Matrox Milennium G450 Dual Head, I see one on ebay at the moment for £14.99.

Hope this helps.

Rgds
Okanem

flang

Alternatively you could have 2x graphics cards and run them that way.
or buy a VGA splitter

boogiemaster

Most graphics cards come with a dual display? If it’s a 128 Meg card it will share the ram between the two monitors.
Now for playing computer games I don’t know if would cope? But for normal display it should b ok.
I’ve got about ten monitors all over the house and I’ve never used to test games on? I’ve only used them for my music when I need the space for effects.