Connect Two 24-inch LED displays to 1 graphics card??

Hi,
Please can someone offer me some advice.
I am using a 2.93 Quad Core Mac Pro with 2 GT120 graphics cards and two 24inch LED displays.
Is it possible to connect these displays to only 1 Graphics card?..
Kindest Regards.

A component such as this one can be used to connect that display to a DVI port.
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