Graphics cards - help please

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So in a bid to sort out my workflow, I've got the Spyder 3 Elite to handle all my calibration stuff and have come up against a problem.

I'm running a two screen setup on 32bit Vista and in the small print in the read-me document it says...

"3) On Windows, it is necessary to use a separate video card for each monitor. Multi-head video cards (one card that drives multiple monitors) will not work because Windows will not allow you to assign a different profile to each monitor."

I currently have an "ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT 256MB DUAL DVI w/VGA". I only know this because I have copied it straight from my spec list for the PC. I know nothing about graphics cards at all.

So, what should I go for? Will adding another of the same card work, or do I need two totally different cards? (I'm not into gaming or anything and the quality of whatever I have at the moment seems fine, so that's the sort of ball park I'm aiming for I guess).

Any comments much appreciated! Cheers :thumbs:
 
No it just means a separate card so two identical cards would suffice.
 
can you r pc take another card?

If not you would have to upgrade your motherboard.
 
Ah, it appears I do. Cheers Neil - you've saved me a few quid there!
 
To put minds at rest I have one LCD and one CRT running from a single PCI-E card and Spyder 3 Pro handles profiles for both easy peasy.
 
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