ATI 8500 Dual Monitor support

[ninorcaj]

The 8500 offers dual monitor support with 1 15 pin analog connector and 1 DVI connector. Does this mean that one of the monitors has to be an LCD monitor? Or are there adapters to convert the DVI to analog so a regular monitor can be used?

Thanks

[MuFu]

The DVI port is actually a DVI-I interface allowing a conventional CRT monitor to be connected to it using an adapter (DVI-I carries both analogue and digital signals and the adapter just routes the anologue components to a DB15 connector).

All retail cards and most OEM cards come with one supplied but just check with the retailer first if you aren't sure. Some white-boxed 8500LE's don't have one included but you can buy them separately for about $8 I think.

MuFu.