New monitor

[aaronstj]

My 17" main monitor stopped working a couple of months back, and I finally got around to replacing it. I got a 19" Viewsonic P95F+. Now, it's no $2000 Apple cinema display (I wish it was), but it's still pretty sweet, and a lot of bang for the buck (about $250). I went to Infotech intending on buying it's cheaper cousing, the G90FB. However,

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[_famine_]

6600GT.

[aaronstj]

Famine, you're awesome. I was under the impression that ATI had mostly won the video card wars, but this is looking like a solid buy. One question: is there much/any difference between the different manfacturers? Or should I just pick the cheapest (seems like a bad idea)? Any further advice?

[_famine_]

Reputable companies are usually what I go with, and I haven't been disappointed. Chaintech has been around a while and is near the cheapest you can get. Haven't personally had a card made by them, but I think they're ok.

Asus is usually a good buy.

My last few nvidia cards have all been nvidia reference cards. If you can check out the detailed specs, I recommend getting a card based on the reference design (it's manufactured to the specs that nvidia made, not to the specs this particular manufacturer changed it to).

http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/gffx/nv43-3.html#p30 has a roundup.

That could have probably been organized much better, but I hit the keys as the brain told me to.