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Old 01-05-2009, 02:23 PM
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Im not sure about the price on those models but here are two options. The second has dual DVI as you may want to add a second monitor. Two 22" monitors are better than one

ASUS EN8400GS 256MB $22.99 after $10 rebate

EVGA GeForce 8600 GTS 256MB $39.99 after $30 rebate

Im sure you could even find less expensive cards without rebates. You want to make sure when you look at cards, especially budget models, that when it lists memory it means on-board. Sometimes they advertise a card with 256 or 512 and then when you read the fine print it will say something like 128MB on-board and 128MB shared. I know people have problems with graphics that use shared memory though I have no idea how a card like that will behave.

P.S. Did you recently pick up your 22" monitor? if you which model is it if you don't mind me asking.

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