PNY GeForce FX 5200 PCI 256 MB 2 Port VGA + S-Video Graphics Card VCGFX522PEB - Retail
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Manufacturer: PNYAudio: English (Original Language)
Model: VCGFX522PEB
Product features:
- NVIDIA Unified Architecture
- Full Microsoft DirectX 9 support
- OpenGL 1.5 support
- PCI Bus Type
- Toll-Free Techsupport and 3 year warranty
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Customer Review: Good Solution, but...
Summary: 3 Stars
If you run Windows Vista and want two monitors, you need to have them both running on the same driver, so this is a great solution.
If you run XP and are just looking for a second monitor, you don't need the second VGA port here, you can simply get a card with one port and run one monitor off your existing VGA port, one off the new one.
If you don't have room for another card and this one replaces your exisitng card (thus giving you two VGA ports), this is a good solution.... but...
The "but" is an odd glitch I ran into: At first I set the monitors (Dual DELL 24 ") to both run on the new card. Everything except Remote Desktop (RDP) worked great! RDP, which I use frequently, was incredibly slow. After some futzing around, I discovered that it was the new card - even running just one monitor was slow. RDP works fine on my old card, but if I try to run it on the new card in any configuration, I get really slow response (you can see the characters as they slowly echo back in a text editor).
For me the solution was easy - I just run one monitor on the old card (and always open RDP there) and one on the new card and I have a third VGA port in the back in case I ever want to hook up a third monitor (maybe to watch TV or something). I can do this because I have XP and no plans to upgrade this computer to a later OS so the multiple drivers between the two main displays is fine.
If you don't use RDP, or plan on continuing to use your existing VGA port, this is a great buy and easy to install and it gives you a third VGA port for later use (or a third monitor if you have the deskpace!).
If you use RDP and are solely depending on this to run two monitors (Windows Vista/replacment for single VGA), I'd recommend that you keep looking, perhaps try a higher horsepower unit, one with more memory - I really don't know what the issue is with this card and RDP.
In any case, check out [...] for a great free tool that extends your taskbar to your second monitor and [...] for a free utilityt o allow you to put a second background on that second manitor!
Multiple monitors rule! Enjoy!
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Description of PNY GeForce FX 5200 PCI 256 MB 2 Port VGA + S-Video Graphics Card VCGFX522PEB - Retail
Leave the dull world of integrated graphics technology behind and enter the World of Cinematic Computing. The NVIDIA GeForce FX-Series graphics cards deliver industry-leading features and performance enabling special effects on par with Hollywood films. Engineered for compatibility with the latest software, the GeForce FX-Series graphics cards is the only Microsoft DirectX 9.0 GPU in its class. NVIDIA CineFX engine delivers film-quality effects and studio-quality color for every application. 128-bit Studio-Precision Color provides the industry¿s best image quality for the most demanding applications. Supports Microsoft Windows Vista Basic.Digital Cameras & Photo Categories
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