Need DVI Video Card?

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I'm setting up a GW E-3200, 700 mhz Pentium with integrated
128mb Rage video card. I'm looking at a Samsung 17" 173P
LCD monitor with both analog and digital inputs. This computer
will be used extensively for scanning and editing slides and digital
photos. I assume I'll need a video card that supports DVI?
If so, what card would be good for this? I don't mind paying
a little more for a good video card.

Thanks!
Scott

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Analog means it has a standard 15-pin VGA connector in addition to the
DVI -- most flat panels, except for the economy models, do.

You should need nothing to use the flat panel.



"Scott" <golden@uslink.net> wrote in message
news:41113EE2.70D55903@uslink.net...
> I'm setting up a GW E-3200, 700 mhz Pentium with integrated
> 128mb Rage video card. I'm looking at a Samsung 17" 173P
> LCD monitor with both analog and digital inputs. This computer
> will be used extensively for scanning and editing slides and digital
> photos. I assume I'll need a video card that supports DVI?
> If so, what card would be good for this? I don't mind paying
> a little more for a good video card.
>
> Thanks!
> Scott
>

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If the computer has an AGP slot, a decent AGP card could do a lot. Otherwise,
iIt depends on how you use the computer. If you do a lot of gaming, a PCI card
with large memory may help quite a bit. For other uses like the web or typical
office products, I'd have to say little or no improvement... Ben Myers

On Wed, 04 Aug 2004 23:45:15 -0500, Scott <golden@uslink.net> wrote:

>Ben,
>
>Oops, I stand corrected. It's an integrated "Rage 128 VR".
>
>Would a better video card improve the flat panel's performance
>at all?
>
>Thanks!
>Scoots
>
>Ben Myers wrote:
>
>> Scott,
>>
>> If the Samsung had only a DVI connector, you could also use a VGA-DVI adapter
>> rather than another video card. You can connect it to your system and use it
>> with the usual analog SVGA 15-pin connector, too.
>>
>> "integrated 128mb Rage"? Seems to me that 128MB integrated onto a motherboard
>> would be a bit much, especially for a Pentium III era computer... Ben Myers
>>
>> On Wed, 04 Aug 2004 13:54:10 -0600, Scott <golden@uslink.net> wrote:
>>
>> >I'm setting up a GW E-3200, 700 mhz Pentium with integrated
>> >128mb Rage video card. I'm looking at a Samsung 17" 173P
>> >LCD monitor with both analog and digital inputs. This computer
>> >will be used extensively for scanning and editing slides and digital
>> >photos. I assume I'll need a video card that supports DVI?
>> >If so, what card would be good for this? I don't mind paying
>> >a little more for a good video card.
>> >
>> >Thanks!
>> >Scott
>> >
>