Two monitors

[amarinelli]

Hi I'm new to the forum and have a question I want to hook up two monitiors to my computer and I need a new video card what should I get I need both dvi and vga I dont use it for gaming but do a lot of pp on photos thanks in advance
'Alan

 

[Holysky]

what PSU do you have?

 

[setishock]

I have an 8400GS from Evga. It's price effective and does a good bang for the buck for non gamers types. Ive used Power Point on mine and it doesn't miss a beat.

 

[amarinelli]

what PSU do you have?

What is PSU?
Alan

 

[dude_se]

psu = power supply unit.

seems as though you dont need a powerful card, you wont need a decent psu, but all depends what you have atm.

 

[disturbed13]

we need as much info about your system as you can give
the psu
what you have
make modle ect
what kind of expansion slots you have avaliable
so on and so forth

 

[amarinelli]

Thanks for responding I have a HP a1646x
2GB Memory
200GB Hard drive
Intel core duo 1.86 processor
I'm Not sure what the PSU is ,where do I find that spec?
anyway here is what I'm attempting to do ...
Run two monitors I now have a single vga port on my com. my new monitor has both dvi and vga ports and my other monitor has a vga port.
I dont do any gaming I just do a lot of photos pp amd surf the web I have several empty slot available so what kind of card would be adequate for my needs?
Thanks so much
Alan

 

[cavemangrinder]

Yeah, an 8400GS should work just fine. Pretty cheap too, about $30 on newegg.

 

[amarinelli]

Thank you ,I noticed on the newegg site there are several 8400 gs cards any
particular one a better choice than the other. thanks.
Alan

 

[disturbed13]

before you get all excited
open your pcs case and look at the mobo
you need to see what expansion slot forms you have
if you have a PCIe 16
or a PCI
or what you have
or if its a AGP
they all factor into price
and psu is the power supply
it should be sitting at the top of your case

all right
your luckie
if your mobo is anything like this link
mobo info
then you can get a gpu with a good interface
as for the psu
you need to tell us if it looks like one of these
power pins 400w
power pins 750w
if you dont have enough power
then you cant get a new card
its that simple