Powermac G5 with HD TV and DVI formac monitor

Hello
I recently bought a hd tv which I would like to run together with my DVI monitor. I was looking at getting an adc to dvi adaptor but thought it may slow down performance. Then I thought about having two graphics cards. would this be possible? If I had a second better quality graphics card would my processor perform better? I am new to video cards as I am a sound person. Any information would be great.
powermac 1.8 Dual g5 4 gb ram Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Run the games first then see if you need to bother. Memory is merely one part of the equation. ONLY mac cards work in macs. If you have looked on ebay and can only find Windows cards bone up on your search techniques as there are literally hundreds of them.
Mac video card would be an idea as a search term.
You have a video card now in an AGP slot. Which is only for a video card. If you buy a replacement card obviously you replace the AGP card you have with a newer AGP card. But there may be no need and until you try you are wasting your time and maybe a lot of money.

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thekrimsonchin wrote:
I know this issue must crop up a lot due to its confusing nature
You have no idea.
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subterFUSE wrote:
Excellent!
...snip...
I will look into these Matrox cards. Hopefully this will be the solution.
Message Edited by subterFUSE on 12-05-2007 02:55 PM
I spent some time surfing through product release letters and data sheets for the grafic cards offered by Lenovo, no where, as far as I could see, does it say that they are compatible with the advanced dock. What is also interesting, they say for PCs they are only tested for 2 screens, but you found the document MIGR-67464 where they show how to configure 4. [confused smiley]
It looks as though you and RBS have found possible solutions for 4 screens, congrats to all
However, I don't want to be the "party pooper" here, but why doesn't your T61 boot in the dock with graphics card? This is still puzzling me, and to be honest I haven't as yet been able to come up with a reason or probable cause as to why
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