Where Can You Find Cheap DVI Video Cards?

iansmith wonders: "I have a new Gateway computer hooked to a flat screen monitor. The problem is the video out is only VGA which does not look as sharp as a DVI output. To help with this, and also to let me run dual displays, I want to add a video card to the machine. In the past I would just grab a standard VGA card for $20, plug it in and go, not needing fancy 3D graphics. I do not want to spend $300 for a gaming video card... does anybody make a video card with DVI out that is not a souped up 3D powerhouse, with a price tag to match? Even worse, all new machines seem to be PCI-Express and so that makes it even less likely I'll find something affordable. I can't even use an old 3D card from home. What would you all suggest I do?"

Re:WTF?

[ack154]

Ya, anyone who reads /. and can't find themselves a cheap video card should just stop reading /. for a while. Or forever. And how this even was selected as a story just boggles my mind.

And today ?

[Ihlosi]

In the past I would just grab a standard VGA card for $20, plug it in and go,

What's keeping you from doing that today ? There's plenty of cheap graphics cards out there (they may all say that they're "3D" cards, but the cheap versions are way too slow in this area to be useful). You don't even need to get the latest generation of cheap-ass cards, since the ones from two generations ago may already have been available in PCIe/PEG flavors.

ATI X300/X1300, Geforce 6200/7300GS, whatever is cheapest.

Re:Here

[BobPaul]

One wonders if the OP actually started a search, or just assumed what he was looking for was a $300 gaming card and gave up immediately. Just because you're local Best Buy price gouges you doesn't mean the product doesn't exist. Local used computer shops are good, too. I got a used PCI nVidia card with DVI for $15.

Re:Here

[misleb]

I recently got a flat panel display and wanted DVI for my Mac (G4 AGP). I ended up using an old NVIDIA FX 5200 from a PC and flashing it with a Mac ROM. So it would seem that basically any older video card with DVI would do. I mean, it isn't like DVI is new or anything. I think the issue is the PCI-E requirement. But as the GP points out, that was really just a matter of doing some research.

One has to wonder how these Ask Slashdots make the front page. I mean, a simple Google search for "dvi pci-e" gave me a $35 Radeon X300 in the first 10 results.

-matthew