I have a 5 year old Dell Dimension 4600. I had a small monitor (which was square), and I recently upgraded to a 20 inch widescreen (Acer X203H). I tried to up my resolution to 1600:900 like the directions say, but I can't go this high (1280 by 768) is as high as I can go. The picture looks slightly distorted, and I want to get the best possible picture. Would a new video card give me a significantly better picture? I don't play games, but basically use the computer for Microsoft Office and Internet.
Thanks!|||According to the Dell support pages for the Dimension 4600, your computer has an AGP slot. http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/sy…
That means you are restricted to using AGP video cards only. You cannot use any of the PCI Express video cards like the GTX260 or 8400GT the other people mentioned.
The best AGP video card you can get would be something like an ATI HD3870, but the AGP bus can't transfer data fast enough to keep it fed. I would just get an AGP HD3650, which will already max out an AGP 8x slot. The ATI HD3xxx series are reasonably current cards with DirectX10 and HDCP support, and should work well with your widescreen monitor.
Hope this helps.|||It would most likely help, if your not a gamer I wouold grab one like a Nvida GeForce 8400, not great for gaming but for pictures and video it does great. You can pick one up online for under $50|||$199 Nvidia GTX260 is what you need.|||check your drivers for the current video card and monitor
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