Good dual-monitor video card?

im considering getting a new video card for christmas, most likely from NVIDIA but eventually [when i can afford it] id like to get a second monitor. whats a good card that can support dual monitors thats not extremely expensive [less than $300]. extra info: im getting a better card for CAD graphics and dual so that its much easier for CAD. i know that 256 mb is good, but 512 mb is better, can i get a cheap 512 with dual monitors?|||You can get a decent dual monitar card for WAY less than $300. Look at newegg.com.



Just make sure you get an AGP card and not a PCI Express card. Unless your computer is very very new, you almost surly have an AGP slot for your video card.



Also make sure it has the right conectors for your monitor. VGA is the older more common connector. DVI is the newer better quality connector.



Like I said though -- check out newegg -- not only do they have great prices, etc. -- but thier site is great to navigate and look for stuff -- you can narrow your search by ammount of ram - interface type, chipset manuf., and a lot of other stuff.



Here are some fairly cheap 512 cards I found as examples



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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…|||it's probably harder to find a decent gfx card that DOESN'T have dual dvi outputs these days!



for CAD you're better off with the nvidia quadro series but they're quite expensive so you might need to compromise on the amount of onboard memory maybe.|||7900gt 7950gt