I just purchased a LG L1720P monitor which has the option of  using analog or digital.  My pc however only allows for analog.  I would like to get a video card to convert to digital, but I am a novice in this area and have no idea what to look for.  All I am primarily using this setup for is to do digital photography editing work, it is not for gaming although will play occasional GAMES.  I would like to stay under $100 (the lower the better).  My pc is a Compaq Presario SR1330NX with a 3200+ Athlon.  Any help would be much appreciated, thank you.

JasonHello Jason... It seems like NVIDIA might suit your needs well... You can get a decent video card these days for about $77 or under... Also, MOST video cards these days allow digital outout, so you should not have much trouble trying to find one... HOWEVER.... You will want to check with your computer manufacturer BEFORE making ANY upgrades, so that you can find out if your new HARDWARE will be compatible or not... Let us know what happens...

[glb]Flame[/glb]This will help you narrow your graphics card choices down.

The graphics for that computer are on-board. Because of that, Compaq did not equip the motherboard with an AGP slot (most graphics cards use this)

There ARE PCI slot graphics cards though. For good prices, if you trust internet shopping, go to Newegg.com.

A link to PCI graphics cards from Newegg is right here
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?submit=property&catalog=48&propertycodevalue=0,%200,%200,%203344,%200,%200,%200,%200,%200,%200&minprice=&maxprice=&mfrcode=0&DEPA=1&page=1&listStyle=2

If you have any other questions at all, we will be glad to help you, just post it here. Or feel free to send me an e-mail.

Update us on how you're doing.

Good luck.Hey guys, I appreciate your help.  I talked to Compaq and they actually recommended an AGP card (can that even work with my motherboard?).  I was also wondering what SIZE you guys would recommend, 128mb, 256mb, or maybe even something else.  Here is an address of one I was looking at last night: http://hardware.gamespot.com/Story-ST-491-15-9-9-x
Would something like this card work?  Thank you very much for all  your help.

JasonHey Flame and Zero, I did some looking around and found a picture that labeled and showed what an AGP and a PCI port look like.  So I looked in my tower and I do in fact have an AGP port.  So I guess what I would need to know is what size mb to get and what capabilities (abreviations) I should look for in an AGP video card to make sure that it will go digital to my monitor.  Thanks!

JasonTell you what... go to the store.... Get a few video cards in mind, and give us the specs... We can then tell you what the smartest choice would be...

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Hey Flame and Zero, I did some looking around and found a picture that labeled and showed what an AGP and a PCI port look like.  So I looked in my tower and I do in fact have an AGP port.  So I guess what I would need to know is what size mb to get and what capabilities (abreviations) I should look for in an AGP video card to make sure that it will go digital to my monitor.  Thanks!

Jason