Need a card for dual monitors.

[Edgar]

Need a card just for dual monitoring. It's for work so I need to be able to pick it up local like at frys. Needs 2 DVI connections. Trying to keep it sub $50. But I don't want it to be the cheapest card ever. Anything out there like that? Brand does not matter.

Looking at frys is confusing. I haven't kept up with the latest budget cards. Any help is appreciated.

Edit: PCI Express and cannot use additional power.

 

[rastaban]

If all you're doing is general computing, you can get a Radeon HD 6670 for about $50 on eBay. The next step down would be a HD6570 which should suffice as well. But firstly, what are your monitor resolutions?

 

[Edgar]

1920x1080.

I have to use a company card so it has to be from a retail store.

I was searching other threads and saw AMD 5450 as a suggestion. But I was only seeing vga+dvi. Is there no DVIx2?

 

[rastaban]

Looked around and found these options as cheapest:

EVGA GT 610 1GB
EVGA GT 610 2GB --- 2GB is senseless, but you can read it's reviews to get a sense of the stability of the 1GB version of the card
Zotac GT 610 1GB --- for a fanless option
Sapphire 6450 1GB --- this seems to be the only AMD meeting your requirements, some people seem to be having driver issues though.

 

[Edgar]

Thanks rastaban! Ordered the fanless option. It's for work so no noise will be good.

 

[vjcsmoke]

I use the 6450. It powers even triple monitors, so dual display should be a breeze. Comes with 2 DVI outs and 1x HDMI. Didn't even know they made a 6150!

 

[rastaban]

Thanks rastaban! Ordered the fanless option. It's for work so no noise will be good.

Hope if works out! you get to be the brave first reviewer for Newegg