[LoSt_GuArDiAn]

Hello... i recently decided to buy a new video card. With the coming out of windows vista i settled to buy one that's compatible with directx 10: so do you know when will i able to find this kind of cards around the price of 250 dollars?

I've another problem: my LCD monitor supports only VGA standard.. so will this kind of video cards work with my lcd?

bye and happy christmas!

 

[agentRed]

Any card that costs that much is going to have one or both DVI outputs. But...they always give you atleast one adapter for VGA. I don't know about the dx10 though.

 

[TheMatt]

If you only want to spend $250, you won't be getting a DX10 card for a while. the lowest end DX10 card out now, the 8800GTS, is over $450. Vista will run fine on DX9, and most games aren't going to use DX10 for a while, so you are probably best getting a 7900GT if you want to spend that much.

Also, make sure your motherboard has a PCIe slot and you have a large enough PSU before upgrading to any high end graphics card.

 

[LoSt_GuArDiAn]

yeah... i've pcie
i'm not hurried to buy this video card 'cause mine is quite good now(radeon x300(...

so i can wait for march when the first medium video cards should come out....

 

[TheMatt]

Look into the 8600 cards, those should be in your price range.

About the LCD, just about ALL graphics cards that are DVI that you buy will include a DVI to VGA adapter that will use the analog part of the DVI. You won't have any problems there.