Add ADC monitor

Hi, I have just purchased a second hand 17" Apple Studio Display which has an ADC connector, my G4 AGB giga has a Rage 128 Pro fitted with both ADV and VGA ports.
I have a monitor connected via the VGA port and would seek advice on two points,
(a) Can I just connect the Apple monitor along side the VGA monitor and have the two montiors running together simultaneously, or do I have to disconnect the VGA?
(b) I am going to fit a Radeon 9800 Pro graphics card which only supports VGA and DVI, I know I am going need an adapter to connect the Apple but can anyone let me know what the part numbr is and approximate cost of said adapter? And is the 9800 suitable to run the apple monitor?
Thanks for looking.
Robert

Hi
(a) Can I just connect the Apple monitor along side
the VGA monitor and have the two montiors running
together simultaneously, or do I have to disconnect
the VGA?
You should be able to have both monitors running simultaneously although I'm almost certain they'll simply mirror each other, i.e. you'll see the same image on both, due to the graphics card. As far as I'm aware the first stock graphics card to support an extended desktop was the GeForce 2MX TwinView which shipped with a later G4 model.
(b) I am going to fit a Radeon 9800 Pro graphics card
which only supports VGA and DVI, I know I am going
need an adapter to connect the Apple but can anyone
let me know what the part numbr is and approximate
cost of said adapter? And is the 9800 suitable to run
the apple monitor?
A DVI to ADC adapter can be bought from the UK on-line Apple Store for £69.00. Unfortunately it's fairly expensive as it also includes a power supply to power the monitor through the ADC cable.
The Radeon 9800 and DVI to ADC adapter will support the monitor, although ATI officially recommend a power supply with a greater wattage than the stock power supply in the Gigabit Ethernet. It should work though so long as you don't have too many other internal things installed (drives and PCI cards etc). A Radeon 9000, whilst much less powerful, would be cheaper, wouldn't require the adapter and doesn't have the same power draw and heat issues. They're no longer available retail but seem to appear on eBay quite often. They were available in two flavours, with 64MB and 128MB VRAM. I guess it mainly depends on whether you just want a card to drive a couple of monitors, or you need the power of the 9800 to play games and gain Core Image support etc.
I hope this helps.

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