3 monitors, 1 AGP ATI 9800 Pro, 1 PCI?

[RichTJ99]

Hi,

Right now I have a 19 inch Envision flat screen monitor (on the left), a 22 inch Mitsubishi CRT monitor (middle), & a 19 inch Dell 1905 Flat screen monitor (on the right). At the moment, the 19" on the left & the CRT in the center is connected to a ATI 9800 Pro via two Super VGA cables (one cable has a DVI adapter).

I now have a third monitor on the right & I am planning on getting a PCI video card (I have an Asus P4C800-E Deluxe Mobo right now).

I have a ton of spare AGP cards but no PCI cards that are under 5 years old sitting around.

If I want to add another Monitor (which is sitting here ready to go) to my PC so I have a ton of extra desktop space (neither flat screen is used for gaming), should I get another ATI card so they play nicely, or would a PCI Nvidia card be a better solution?

Any suggestions for an inexpensive card that will be only used for desktop / business applications? Web Browser in monitor 1, Spread Sheet in monitor 2, Email in monitor 3. That sorta thing.

Thanks,

Rich

[svasutin]

Well, since you already have an ATI, look for another ATI model. ATI offers HydraVision for a Unified multi-monitor environment (have 1 spread sheet cross all three monitors).

You don't need anything from their 9x00 series; however, this will remove full DirectX 9.0 support. The 7x00 series (PCI) should work for you. It's 64 DDR MBs, so should use only a quarter your PCI bus bandwidth.