Hi David,

First of all YES it can be done. Although I must admit you are the first person I know willing to spen the sort of money required just for cut n past to word from a web page LOL

Most users of this feature are musicians (andmost tend to use MAC, which has been capable of this for years), they use the feature and have the mixers etc on one monitor and the song score or something on the other!!

Although in the last 2 years or so, they have became very popular witht he gaming world, this has driven the prices down. 19" monitors to around £300, 17" to around £170 & 15" to around £80 (you can even buy a reasonable multi-lcd array for under £1000.

I have assumed you are using Windows XP (if not let me know, as its a bit fifferent with the lesser operating systems) and you dont need two of them?? these cards support dual or multiple monitors:

Desktop Computer Display Adapters for Use with the Multiple Monitor Feature
3DFX Banshee
3DFX Voodoo3, Voodoo4, Voodoo5
3DLabs Permedia2, Permedia3
ATI Rage128, Rage128 AIW, Radeon
Intel I810
Matrox Millennium, Millennium II, Mystique, G100, G200, Productiva, G400, G450
Number Nine Imagine 128, Imagine128 v2, Revolution 3D, Revolution 4
Nvidia NV3 (Riva128)
Nvidia NV4, NV5 (TNT, TNT2, TNT2, TNT2 Ultra, TNT2 Vanta, TNT2 M64, Geforce, Geforce3)
SIS315

Desktop Computer Display Adapters for Use with the Dualview Feature
Matrox G200, G400, G450
SIS300i

Laptop Computer Display Adapters for Use with the Dualview Feature
S3 Savage MX
Trident 3D, Trident XP





In work I use the Matrox G200 (although i just use it for databasing and spreadsheets etc, it is really good for databasing) the product info on it:

The Matrox G200 Multi-Monitor Series continues our long standing tradition of providing the multi-monitor market with the most flexible and highly advanced solutions in the industry. Matrox is the first company to offer a Quad-based PanelLink® digital flat panel output to support these higher quality flat panel monitors. With the TV tuner and video capture options included, the Matrox G200 MMS is the most comprehensive multi-display solution available. Matrox Graphics plans to make this product available until at least mid-2003.

Key features:
Matrox G200 graphics chip
Single PCI card for Dual or Quad output
Support for Dual or Quad Analog or Digital PanelLink® output
Optional Integrated TV tuner and video capture support
Up to 32 MB of memory
250 MHz RAMDAC for flicker-free displays
Maximum analog resolution per display: 1920x1200
Maximum digital resolution per display: 1280 x 1024
Support for up to 16 monitors (Quad board only)
Several multi-monitor software management features
Customizable unattended install


To set them up? You can use the customised control set-up that comes with the card or just use Windows XP itself (control panel and display)

Hope this helps ;o)