DVI card

[Celticsfan]

Hi, I was wondering where I could get a cheap VGI card? I am not a gamer so it need not be expensive. I may view movies on the monitor on occasions. Please help me out.

Also, are these cards universal? Thanks for any help.

 

[worshipme]

What motherboard do you have? As we need to know what slots it has before recommending one.

 

[Celticsfan]

I think this is it Intel corp D945GTP Does that sound right?

As for the card, I am talking minimal option / money.

 

[worshipme]

OK, that has a PCI-E slot, so you can choose from a much larger range of video cards. As you're don't have very demanding requirements, I'd recommend something like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814134030 or this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131063
ATI or Nvidia? Those two cards both will provide the same performance and have good video/HD playback engines. So it's just a personal preference. Red or green?

 

[Celticsfan]

Do I have to have a DVI card in order to use DVI monitor as I only have a VGA video card? Or is there some kind of an adapter that will do the trick in order for me to have DVI clarity?

Also, could I get something off of ebay even cheaper? If so, could you recommend something if you don't mind, please?

 

[worshipme]

You can buy a DVI to VGA adapter, but not VGA to DVI. I personally think the difference is negligble. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102536 Cheapest I could find, it won't have all the HD playback or DX10 support the other two cards has however.

 

[Celticsfan]

So what you are saying is there is not that big of difference between using VGA and DVI?

 

[worshipme]

You may see a very tiny differerence in small text, and you won't see that unless you look hard.
All the cards I recommended have DVI and VGA outputs anyway so you can use DVI if your monitor has an input port.

 

[Celticsfan]

worshipme, Can you do me a favor please and check on ebay and let me know of comparable video cards to one of the first 2 that you recommended and for a little cheaper. I would greatly appreciate it.

http://search.ebay.com/DVI-card_W0QQfrppZ50QQfrtsZ0QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1QQmaxrecordsreturnedZ300

TIA

 

[Celticsfan]

Are either of these comparable and compatible?

http://cgi.ebay.com/BFG-GeForce-730...oryZ3762QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/ATI-RADEON-9250...oryZ3762QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem