Re: DVI - worth it for a non-gamer?

Janner <Janner> wrote:

I'm currently using a VGA connection from an integrated graphics chip
(motherboard is an Asus P5B-VM, monitor is a 20.1 inch HP LCD).

Would there be any noticeable improvement in display quality (for web,
word processing, and image editing) by installing a dedicated graphics
card with DVI output?

If so, can anybody recomment a suitable PCI-E card. It will never be
using for gaming, so its spec can be pretty low. I would, however,
like something that will support the various features of Vista.

http://www.xfxforce.com/web/product/listConfigurationDetails.jspa?productConfigurationId=698980

It's fanless and costs 21 quid from DABS. I have the AGP version and it's
gutsy enough to do a good job on googleearth, and drives my 20" widescreen
TFT at 1680x1050 over DVI happily.

It's worth it IMO just to get googleearth to run nicely, but there is an
improvement in cripness of display when using DVI - I can see it if I
switch between VGA and DVI on the same card.

Cheers

Tim
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