DVI card recommendations for 17" LCD

RossMAN

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Which DVI card would deliver the overall "best bang for your buck" performance for my free Dell 1702FP LCD display?

I would prefer to spend under $100, but a more realistic figure is $150 but I'm willing to go all the way up to $200.

A few things:
1) I'm NOT a hard core gamer, not even a casual gamer, maybe play 1-2 games a year. So gaming is not a high priority for me.
2) Would like good 2D/3D support.
3) Prefer a card which has up to date XP drivers that work.
4) Would like a good overall card like the ATI All-In-Wonder, something like that.
5) I DO NOT need dual monitor support.
6) If you recommend Matrox please recommend specific model numbers and other brands as well.

I'll probably buy the DVI card from (listed in order of preference):
Dell.com
NECXDirect.com
NewEgg.com

This will probably be used with my P3/866 (512MB SDRAM) or P4/2 (512MB RDRAM).

Thanks in advance for your advice!
 

Yoshi

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I would get a GeForce3 200 Ti...DVI works great, rock solid XP drivers, excellent 2D and 3D performance using the DVI interface. Can easily be found online for under $200.
 

Theslowone

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For good 2d/3d and an all in 1 type card, how bout an ati aiw 7500 radeon. At newegg for 154 for the oem. Or for that matter you could get the ati radeon 7500, which is a very good performing card for about 100 bucks.
 

RossMAN

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Thanks for the recommendations but it looks like I won't be getting my free LCD after all :(