Please suggest DVI out card to use with LCD monitor

[Denis54]

I have a GeForce 2 MX 400 with P3 1Ghz CPU and 512 mb memory. I mostly use my computer to surf the web and do some light Word and Excel work. I just bought a Dell 19 inch (1901FP) LCD monitor with DVI input. Gaming is limited to our son who uses it occasionally when he is home on weekends.

I understand DVI would improve picture quality but my GeForce 2 does not support it. What would be a good card to replace it? Also, I would like a card that supports dual monitors as I might add a 2nd monitor in the future. I do not care wether I get ATI or nVidia. I just want very good picture quality with stable drivers. I have not set a budget limit. However, I hate to spend money uselessly. Given my low gaming requirements, I do not feel I need the latest and greatest card on the market.

For gaming purposes, how would the card you suggest compare to my GeForce 2? I suppose anything recent will be much faster but would like confirmation.

 

[modedepe]

You say you want to be able to run dual monitors later on, would you want dual dvi then, or would you only be adding a crt? If you only need one dvi output, you could probably get away with something very cheap, such as an gf4 mx440. It wouldn't be much faster than your current card in gaming though.

 

[Denis54]

Second monitor will not need DVI