Hi

I need some help. I have two flat monitors on order from Dell (they were
cheap via work) so I need to get a graphic card for dual monitors.

I have a Dell Dimension 8200 P4 2.4 1GB Ram AGPx4 and 400FSB and I am
running a GeForce 3 Ti 500 64mb. FS2004 is OK but gets a bit clonky round
the airports with PMDG737 running.

What I need is the best Graphic card for my system - ie I can get an ATI
Radeon X800 XTPE 256mb, but I suspect I will be saddling a great card with
an average system by todays standards - or am I wrong?.

Any thoughts would be welcome

Stephen

You could try for an older Matrox on ebay?
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"Stephen Ford" > wrote:

>I need some help. I have two flat monitors on order from Dell
>(they were cheap via work) so I need to get a graphic card for dual
>monitors. I have a Dell Dimension 8200 P4 2.4 1GB Ram AGPx4 and
>400FSB and I am running a GeForce 3 Ti 500 64mb. FS2004 is OK but
>gets a bit clonky round the airports with PMDG737 running.
>What I need is the best Graphic card for my system - ie I can get
>an ATI Radeon X800 XTPE 256mb, but I suspect I will be saddling a
>great card with an average system by todays standards - or am I
>wrong?.

I am using dual monitors but with two (lesser) video cards, one AGP
and one PCI.

As long as that card works, you can use it in your next system or
your current system upgraded.

If you want a precise answer, considering you provide plenty of
details in your question, you can try this group.

alt.comp.periphs.videocards.ati

Or this group.

alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt

I would keep "dual monitors" in your question.

If you feel like reading about that video card.

http://tinyurl.com/55oe9
(condensed link)

http://groups-beta.google.com/groups?as_q=Radeon%20X800&safe=images&as_ugroup=alt.comp.periphs.*&as_scoring=d&lr=lang_en&num=100&hl=en

Have fun.