Best Configuration for Dual Monitors and Cintiq

I'm a photographer and my G5 has dual monitors with Aperture. I now have a Wacom Cintiq monitor that I want to incorporate into this configuration, but I am having trouble figuring out the best way to do this. Right now, I have to disconnect one monitor and use that DVI port for the Cintiq. It works, but it is a hassle.
Does anyone out there have this sort of setup and how have you solved this? Thanks.

I still don't have an answer yet. I have two identical NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT cards in the number 1 and 2 slots. They are both set to x8/x16 which is a setup for equal medium performance from each card.
My problem persists as described at the beginning of this forum (all the monitors flick OFF for about two seconds, at a 30 minute interval (exactly), except that recently a new problem has cropped up. When I return to my computer each morning the monitors running from the number 2 slot don't light up right away, and I need to turn the power switch on the monitors on and off a couple of times before they will recognize the computer's signal and start glowing.
Also another new issue that seems related to the monitors. When the monitors go off every 30 minutes, the signal to a pair of amplified speakers is interrupted.
Any theories out there? If you guys can help me with this, maybe I tell you about the problem I have with my Mini Cooper! Wrong forum?

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