Which video card is best to preview in 2 monitor

hello all,
please I need help with video card and advice me with which video card shall I buy for this system I have.
I also need to preview 2 monitor in adobe after effect and adobe preimere. like i need to work with timeline and the secound monitor i get preview the video.
My system:
GIGABYTE Motherboard P35-DS3R
processor intel core 2 Qaud
8 GB DDR2 Ram
SATA hard drive 500 GB
thank you very much
best regards,
imam

I like the ATI 4890
make sure you have 2 slots open since it wide.
And it has: OpenGL 3.0 support
One more space to get that hot air out.
Also:
500 Watt or greater power supply with two 75W 6-pin PCI Express® power connectors recommended (600 Watt and four 6-pin connectors for ATI CrossFireX™ technology in dual mode)
make sure you have 2 power connectors to run the dual monitors:
Glenn
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