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Now for the fancy stuff. Despite the fact that this board has THREE video hookups (VGA, HDMI, DVI), only ONE of them will work at a time because of the limitation of the Nvidia 8200. So for dual monitors you need to add a graphics card. Luckily I had one ready.

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If this card had a mini display port I would have given the card 5 stars.Get more detail about EVGA 01G-P3-1080-TR GeForce GTX285 for Mac 1024 MB DDR3 PCI-Express 2.0 Graphics Card.

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I would highly recommend this to everyone. Just make sure that you have enough room for it because it is quite large.Get more detail about Thermaltake A2414 80mm Blue LED Dual PCI Slot Fan.

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As for efficiency, I've not done any extensive tests, but it seems to do just fine. I played some videos on Youtube and temps stayed around 30*C which is fine for the chipset. It might spike more with extended use, but I wouldn't worry too much about it.Get more detail about Zalman ZM-NB47J Fanless Northbridge Heatsink.

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Amazon refunds are fast and easy.

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Dislike having to buy a low-profile bracket for a low-profile card.
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I recommend the product and would buy it again.Get more detail about Sapphire Radeon HD 5450 - 1 GB DDR2 HDMI/DVI-I/VGA PCI-Express Graphics Card 100292L.

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