Best DVI output vidcard?

[crontab]

My friend asked me this question and unfortunately I don't have any experience with dvi out. He has a Sony SDM-M81. Which video card has the best quality dvi output? I'm just guessing a Matrox or Geforce TI200. He doesn't play games and may watch some movies. He just wants the best quality output. I searched the net and this board and there weren't to many sites focused on dvi out. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

-crontab -l

 

[MGMorden]

DVI output isn't going to vary as much as analog (regular VGA) output from card to card. Most of what determines the quality of an analog output on a card is the RAMDAC and the filters. These aren't present for DVI output since it's a straight digital signal. Because of this your image quality will end up depending on your LCD panel much more than the video card.

 

[crontab]

Ah so any video card with dvi output will do? His LCD is really nice already with analogue input. I'll just tell my friend to a geforce 3 ti200 then. Although a Maxtrox 550 was recommended to me. Thx.

-crontab -l