DVI out on a video card?

[ride525]

I'm builiding a new system with Athlon 2800+ on a ECS motherboard. 512 mb ram. using 80 gig hard drive. I web surf, do some Word and Excel for work, work a little with MP3s, and have a digial camera.

Current Monitor is 19" Philips 109s CRT.

I'm thinking strongly of getting one of the 9200se videos cards at newegg. The one I have my eyes on is the connect3d. But I noticed it doesn't have DVI out. Will I be possibly missing something if I want to replace my monitor sometime in the future if I do not get DVI out?

Thanks again for all your help,

Jeff

 

[Subhuman25]

LCD monitors use that DVI out port.Although you have the option of using regular VGA also as many LCD screens have both.The catch is better image quality using DVI.
Bottom line is:Get a video card that has DVI out should you choose to upgrade to LCD in the near future and not build an entire system in about a year or 2.
Any reason you're going with a low-end card like the 9200SE?

 

[AristoV300]

Yes I agree, since you are looking for ATI I would stop at nothing less than the 9600 or 9800. With the availability of the X800 series their prices should be very reasonable now.

 

[n0cmonkey]

If he's not playing games, not getting top of the line parts, getting minimal amounts of ram, and getting a small hard drive what's the point of a 9[68]00? DVI I can understand in case he upgrades.

 

[ride525]

Any reason you're going with a low-end card like the 9200SE?

Yeah, I don't play games, just websurfing, some Word and Excel, some MP3, and some with my new digital camera.

Any reason to buy a 9600 or 9800 with the system I've shown above?

Thanks again,

Jeff

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: ride525

Any reason you're going with a low-end card like the 9200SE?

Yeah, I don't play games, just websurfing, some Word and Excel, some MP3, and some with my new digital camera.

Any reason to buy a 9600 or 9800 with the system I've shown above?

Thanks again,

Jeff

If that's all you do, get a motherboard with onboard video. KM400-based are dirt cheap.

- M4H

 

[SUOrangeman]

What's the price difference between your choice and a similar card that has DVI? If that difference is bearable ($10? $15? $40?), it cannot hurt you to have DVI.

-SUO

 

[terraphile]

No, just use onboard video dude... you can get a dvi video card later if you decide to get an lcd

 

[Zero Plasma]

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[batmanuel]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
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If that's all you do, get a motherboard with onboard video. KM400-based are dirt cheap.

- M4H

I think the reason he's asking is that he's already bought one of the Fry's/Outpost Athlon XP and ECS mobo combos and needs a cheap but decent AGP video card to go along with the K7VTA3. KM400's are cheap, since the mobo on these combo deals is practically free you aren't really saving all that much by going with onboard video.

 

[imported_michaelpatrick33]

I would definitely get a DVI port if it isn't too expensive because you can switch to a nice LCD later and get the better picture quality(i.e. sharper text for your Word etc) and I would also look at dual monitor potential. Once you go dual monitor with MS Word or Adobe etc. you will never go back. Dear God dual monitor. (Imagine Homer Simpson eyeing a dozen doughnuts)