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(More customer reviews)I recently bought the predecessor to this card (ZOTAC nVidia GeForce 210 512 MB DDR2 DVI/HDMI PCI-Express Video Card( Low Profile) ZT-20301-10L), but this new version has just been released. I am posting this review under both the new and previous versions, but I don't own the new version. I am using the previous version in its low-profile configuration in a Dell Vostro 200 running Windows XP Professional. I am using the DVI output to the DVI input on one monitor and the HDMI output to the DVI input on a second monitor (HDMI to DVI cable AmazonBasics HDMI to DVI Adapter Cable (9.8 Feet / 3.0 Meters)). My Windows desktop is extended to the second monitor, meaning that the monitors display different things. I can drag a window to the second monitor and view it there. The card is shipped in its full-size configuration with 2 low-profile brackets (one of which has openings for the DVI and HDMI connectors, the other for the VGA connector). If you have an empty slot next to the slot where you're putting the card, you can use the VGA connector with the second low-profile bracket; otherwise you'll have to disconnect the VGA connector and just use the DVI and HDMI connectors (which have better video quality anyway -- I have the VGA connector installed just in case, but I'm not using it).
To convert the card from its full-size to its low-profile configuration, you will need a Phillips head screwdriver and a socket wrench with a little 3/16" or 5mm socket. There is one screw that must be removed as well as two sets of the little things that the cables screw into in order to free the card from the full-size bracket. Then either remove the VGA connector and connect the card only to the HDMI/DVI low-profile bracket or keep the VGA connector and connect the card to both low-profile brackets.
I installed the card (which isn't fully functional until the driver is installed), then the driver from the included CD (I ended up needing to get out of the Windows new hardware installation wizard and run the install driver program from the CD), then updated the driver at the nVidia website, then enabled my second monitor in Windows Display Properties/Settings. I'm not a gamer, but this card is driving two monitors for me just fine. It's quiet even with its own fan. No problems so far. I previously tried to enable two monitors using a DVI splitter cable from a single DVI output on my previous video card -- didn't work at all. I'm so happy to have two working monitors that I even put the Zotac sticker on my computer! :-)
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