Dual screen with G5 Dual 2.0GHz witrh GeForce 6600LE

I wonder if you guys can help clear something up for me.
I'm looking at getting a G5 2.0GHz with the GeForce 6600LE graphics card. I see that it says it comes with 1 x single-link dvi, and 1 x dual-link dvi. And I have noticed that there is a size difference in the single and dual links.
I'm looking at getting the G5 and then getting a dvi LCD, then hopefully getting a second dvi LCD later for dual-screen. I just want to check before I get the machine how to achieve this.
Does the adapter that comes with the G5 go in the single or dual-link dvi port. And if I get a screen at a later stage how do I get it to plug into the dual link if my other screen is plugged into the single-link port?
Hope you guys can clear this up for me. And I hope the 2.0GHz G5 is capable of doing dual-screen.

You don't need an adapter. A single-link DVI display can plug into a dual-link DVI port. The connectors are the same. The dual-link uses some pins that are not used on the single-link connector. You can use both displays at the same time, either mirrored, or as extended desktop. The single-link port can use up to a 23" (1920 x 1200) display, the dual-link 30"(2560 x 1600).

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