Long monitor cables... what do I need to use to connect across a room?

Hi,
I have an odd situation where I need to connect a PPC G5 to a couple of flat screen Dell monitors about 15 feet away, and then a Dell computer to two other Dell monitors that are also several feet away.
So two computers, each CPU connected to two monitors across the room from each other. The two CPUs don't interact at all... this is just for the monitors.
Are there cables this long? And do they make them for the Mac? And what would be the term for that... AVI? I usually just use the cables that come with the monitors and that's it, so I don't know the names for the connections at all.

Sorry,
The Dell monitors are 1908FP and P170S.
My G5 has one of each kind of connector plus one adaptor.
So, Do I look for a 10'+ cable with DVI to DVI? Or DVI to VGA? That's what I need to know and can't quite figure out.

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