My single-display system at home makes me sad when I have to work from my house, so I'm looking to create a dual-display setup on my Ubuntu box. Switching between virtual displays just isn't good enough for me. I'm just looking for more screen real estate, not gaming or other high frame-rate applications, so performance isn't a big issue as long as I get the maximum resolution for my buck.<br>
<br>I've been pricing monitors that can handle 1920x1080, but haven't done the math yet to see how much video memory that requires.<br><br>Pricewatch pointed me at two budget-minded dual-head DVI cards, and I was wondering if anyone had pointers on which might be preferable. At work I have an ATI Radeon dual-head setup on Ubuntu so I'm confident that works. I've been reading that nVidia-based dual display configurations are more of a hassle to set up, so that may drive me in the other direction.<br clear="all">
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<br>Any advice would be appreciated.<br><br>Thanks,<br>Björn<br>