dvi/vga vs dvi/dvi with price contraints

supiammike

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I am building a new computer. I am going to buy 2 lcd monitors (17 or 18 inch)
I am going to go DVI on monitors so that i will be able to keep them for a while when i upgrade and stuff.

I want to spend about 110 bucks.
My choices are :

DVI+DVI output Geforce FX 5200
asus video suite starting at $113
or
DVI+VGA ouput GeForce4 TI 4200
128mb ddr starting at $103
64mb ddr starting at $82

Background on myself: I hardly play any video games so i dont need the killer framerate. My old video card was geforce 2 mx 400. When I first bought my old video card it could play all games fine but now it seems to be a little laggy with new games like the army game castle wolfenstein enemy territory especially with fog and smoke.

Will the viewing quality for non games be better for geforce 4 ti 4200 or for dvi/dvi with geforce fx 5200 ?
 

Schadenfroh

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image quality standpoint, a 5200 dual dvi is best and for a quake3 game like RTCW, a great video card is not needed. it runs great on the rage pros at school. go for the 5200 if you dont game and want the better image quailty for dual lcds
 

supiammike

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are there any hardware reviews that review dual monitors between different cards?

i understand that if its a good card with 1 monitor it should be good with 2 but i still think it should be reviewed.

also i think my dvi/vga vs dvi/dvi comparision with similar prices should be a good review.