[ale] budget dual-head advice?

[Björn Gustafsson]

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.

I've been pricing monitors that can handle 1920x1080, but haven't done the
math yet to see how much video memory that requires.

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.

http://www.txmicro.com/1GB-DDR2-AGP-Dual-DVI-Video-Card-w-TV-Out-HDCP-p-5117.html

http://www.compsource.com/ttechnote.asp?part_no=01GP31526KR&vid=603&src=PW

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Björn
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