Connecting ADC monitor and DVI monitor to G4?

Hello,
Like my specs say, I'm running a dual 1 ghz quicksilver 2002 g4 and am trying to connect the 23" display AS WELL as the 15" ADC flatscreen (legacy?)
My video card is only vga and adc and my computer has an agp slot.
So I'm figuring that I need a new AGP card with both a DVI and ADC input...correct? If so, does anyone have recommendations on any? How about alternate routes I should take?
Thank You
dual 1 ghz G4 (quicksilver 2002)   Mac OS X (10.4.3)   1ghz ram

A Mac NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti would work. It has ADC and DVI.
<http://www.welovemacs.com/nv.html>
You may be able to find one used.

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