I need a new video card, please help?

I have a dell desktop from 2006. My old box style monitor had a gray see- through spot on the monitor, so I bought a new flat screen to replace it- the spot is still there so I was told it is probably my video card. Are there different kinds? How much are they, where do I get them, and what kind? |||http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best…



make sure if you are looking at some of the more powerful cards, that your power supply is adequate to run them.



If you're not gaming, then just any low end card will do. Your dell probably has a pci-e slot. if youre not sure about the slot type, run



http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php and look at the 'graphics' results. If it says 16x then its pcie



from there you can put any pci-e card into it. They can be had for as little as $30.|||here is the short answer:



yest there are different kinds and you have a choice between nvidia and ati for the chips. (Nvidia is usually ahead of ati in terms of tech)



for nvidia the general rule is the higher the second number the better such as 9800 or 9600 and the higher the first number the newer, 8600 of 9600. it mostly depends on what you do. if you play games go for a 9800 or if your more of a casual user get something lower like a 9500.



you also need to make sure you have a power supply that can supply enough power to the card. you also should make sure that your motherboard has the right connector such as AGP, PCI or PCI-e.



For more information i suggest going to nvidia.com and go to newegg.com or tigerdirect.com once you made upyour mide|||http://www.playtool.com/pages/selectvid/…|||try

newegs.com

|||There are two types of video card slots for a desktop.

AGP and PCI-express

Post your Dell desktop model to better assist you on what specific video card you need.

Post a budget and what applications/games you run on your PC.



Cheers!

|||You're computer probably has an AGP slot, meaning you would need an AGP video card, but check with dell to see if you have an AGP slot, a PCI slot, or a PCI-E slot. You can get a solid, working video card that will play HD movies for $20. But video cards range up too around $600, if you just need it for regular internet uses, AIM, and other things like that, do not spend more than $20-$30. If you do video editing, gaming, video rendering, and other graphically intense applications, spend a little more on a video card. You can get a video card that will be excellent for video editing and 3D rendering for about $100. If you will be gaming, you can also get a video card around $100 that will play a good amount of games very smoothly. You won't be able to max out the most graphically intense games, but you should be able to play them, just with lower resolutions and such, but for games that are not all that graphically intense, you'll be able too max them out and get solid framerates.