Advice on selecting new Video Card

I boughtt a Dell monitor (E228WFP LCD), that has 1680x1050 resolution
and Digital DVI-D with HDCP connectors..

The PC I'm taggin' the monitor to an HP Pavilion 762N running windows
XP.

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/d...cname=bph07553

and it has a GeForceMX420 Video card (no DVI connection that I can see)

http://www.nvidia.com/page/geforce4mx.html

I kinda blew the bank on the monitor, so I don't have alot of $$$ to
spend - can anyone make a recommendation on a video card that will do
this LCD monitor justice ? I figure I should at least be using the DVI
connection ? I think the current vid card is in the AGP slot. And I
don't think the Mobo in the 762N supports PCI-X ? But I don't know what
I'm talking about, so any help is appreciated.

also, is there a way to attach this monitor to a Wii ?

thanks ...

The 762n has an AGP slot, not a PCI-X slot. FWIW, I have been using a Diamond
Stealth S80 AGP card with ATI Radeon 9200 graphics chip and 128MB of memory with
my Hitachi LCD monitor and DVI connector. The Stealth S80 should be modestly
priced, altho I have not check its price lately. It is also relatively modest
in performance, and gets poo-pooed regularly by gamers. But if you don't play
video games, no problem. (The MX420 is similarly modest in performance.)

The images on my LCD monitor are much crisper with DVI instead of the 15-pin
SVGA analog connector.

As for Wii, I have no clue... Ben Myers

On 25 Jan 2007 07:04:16 -0800, "bobmac" <> wrote:

>I boughtt a Dell monitor (E228WFP LCD), that has 1680x1050 resolution
>and Digital DVI-D with HDCP connectors..
>
>The PC I'm taggin' the monitor to an HP Pavilion 762N running windows
>XP.
>
>http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/d...cname=bph07553
>
>and it has a GeForceMX420 Video card (no DVI connection that I can see)
>
>http://www.nvidia.com/page/geforce4mx.html
>
>I kinda blew the bank on the monitor, so I don't have alot of $$$ to
>spend - can anyone make a recommendation on a video card that will do
>this LCD monitor justice ? I figure I should at least be using the DVI
>connection ? I think the current vid card is in the AGP slot. And I
>don't think the Mobo in the 762N supports PCI-X ? But I don't know what
>I'm talking about, so any help is appreciated.
>
>also, is there a way to attach this monitor to a Wii ?
>
>thanks ...

OK, if these were the choices, which would you pick ?

1. ATI RADEON 9000 PRO 128 MB AGP for $20 used.
* Comprehensive 2X and 4X AGP support. Compatible with AGP 8X
universal motherboards.
* Fully compliant with PC 2002 requirements
* Optimized for Pentium ® 4 SSE2 and AMD Athlon™ 3Dnow!
processor instructions
* Highly optimized 128-bit 2D engine with support for new
Windows ® XP GDI extensions

or

2. XFX GeForce - Nvidia GeForce FX5200 128MB AGP 8X - for $49 new.

Graphics Core256-bit
Memory Interface128-bit
RAMDACs350 MHz
Chipset GeForce FX 5200
Memory 128 MB
Bus Type AGP 8X
Memory Type DDR
Memory Bus 64-bit
Output DVI
Highlighted FeaturesTV Out

On Jan 25, 11:03 am, Ben Myers <ben_myers_spam_me_...@charter.net>
wrote:
> The 762n has an AGP slot, not a PCI-X slot. FWIW, I have been using a Diamond
> Stealth S80 AGP card with ATI Radeon 9200 graphics chip and 128MB of memory with
> my Hitachi LCD monitor and DVI connector. The Stealth S80 should be modestly
> priced, altho I have not check its price lately. It is also relatively modest
> in performance, and gets poo-pooed regularly by gamers. But if you don'tplay
> video games, no problem. (The MX420 is similarly modest in performance.)
>
> The images on my LCD monitor are much crisper with DVI instead of the 15-pin
> SVGA analog connector.
>
> As for Wii, I have no clue... Ben Myers
>
> On 25 Jan 2007 07:04:16 -0800, "bobmac" <bobbyma...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >I boughtt a Dell monitor (E228WFP LCD), that has 1680x1050 resolution
> >and Digital DVI-D with HDCP connectors..
>
> >The PC I'm taggin' the monitor to an HP Pavilion 762N running windows
> >XP.
>
> >http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/d...en&cc=us&produ...
>
> >and it has a GeForceMX420 Video card (no DVI connection that I can see)
>
> >http://www.nvidia.com/page/geforce4mx.html
>
> >I kinda blew the bank on the monitor, so I don't have alot of $$$ to
> >spend - can anyone make a recommendation on a video card that will do
> >this LCD monitor justice ? I figure I should at least be using the DVI
> >connection ? I think the current vid card is in the AGP slot. And I
> >don't think the Mobo in the 762N supports PCI-X ? But I don't know what
> >I'm talking about, so any help is appreciated.
>
> >also, is there a way to attach this monitor to a Wii ?
>
> >thanks ...

Does the Radeon card have a DVI connector? If so, I would go for it. In my
experience, cards with nVidia chips tend to run very hot. If the cooling fan
on the card is really cheap or it gets clogged up with dust and dirt, the chip
overheats and the card fails. I have also replaced nVidia chip cards which
develop gradual non-catastrophic failures, displaying strange artifacts on the
screen... Ben Myers

On 25 Jan 2007 11:27:17 -0800, "bobmac" <> wrote:

>OK, if these were the choices, which would you pick ?
>
>1. ATI RADEON 9000 PRO 128 MB AGP for $20 used.
> * Comprehensive 2X and 4X AGP support. Compatible with AGP 8X
>universal motherboards.
> * Fully compliant with PC 2002 requirements
> * Optimized for Pentium ® 4 SSE2 and AMD Athlon™ 3Dnow!
>processor instructions
> * Highly optimized 128-bit 2D engine with support for new
>Windows ® XP GDI extensions
>
>or
>
>2. XFX GeForce - Nvidia GeForce FX5200 128MB AGP 8X - for $49 new.
>
>Graphics Core256-bit
>Memory Interface128-bit
>RAMDACs350 MHz
>Chipset GeForce FX 5200
>Memory 128 MB
>Bus Type AGP 8X
>Memory Type DDR
>Memory Bus 64-bit
>Output DVI
>Highlighted FeaturesTV Out
>
>On Jan 25, 11:03 am, Ben Myers <ben_myers_spam_me_...@charter.net>
>wrote:
>> The 762n has an AGP slot, not a PCI-X slot. FWIW, I have been using a Diamond
>> Stealth S80 AGP card with ATI Radeon 9200 graphics chip and 128MB of memory with
>> my Hitachi LCD monitor and DVI connector. The Stealth S80 should be modestly
>> priced, altho I have not check its price lately. It is also relatively modest
>> in performance, and gets poo-pooed regularly by gamers. But if you don't play
>> video games, no problem. (The MX420 is similarly modest in performance.)
>>
>> The images on my LCD monitor are much crisper with DVI instead of the 15-pin
>> SVGA analog connector.
>>
>> As for Wii, I have no clue... Ben Myers
>>
>> On 25 Jan 2007 07:04:16 -0800, "bobmac" <bobbyma...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> >I boughtt a Dell monitor (E228WFP LCD), that has 1680x1050 resolution
>> >and Digital DVI-D with HDCP connectors..
>>
>> >The PC I'm taggin' the monitor to an HP Pavilion 762N running windows
>> >XP.
>>
>> >http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/d...en&cc=us&produ...
>>
>> >and it has a GeForceMX420 Video card (no DVI connection that I can see)
>>
>> >http://www.nvidia.com/page/geforce4mx.html
>>
>> >I kinda blew the bank on the monitor, so I don't have alot of $$$ to
>> >spend - can anyone make a recommendation on a video card that will do
>> >this LCD monitor justice ? I figure I should at least be using the DVI
>> >connection ? I think the current vid card is in the AGP slot. And I
>> >don't think the Mobo in the 762N supports PCI-X ? But I don't know what
>> >I'm talking about, so any help is appreciated.
>>
>> >also, is there a way to attach this monitor to a Wii ?
>>
>> >thanks ...