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PCI card for a monitor input?

Name: Anonymous 2006-04-17 16:56

I'm building a computer, and the board I picked up doesn't have a monitor input.

Is it possible for me to buy a PCI card with a monitor connector, or am I screwed?

Name: Anonymous 2006-04-17 17:26

Yop, probably screwed... Mainboards usually don't have integrated Video Cards. So what you need basically is... A Video Card ^_^. Those usually are AGP or PCI-Express (some older Voodoo-Cards were PCI I think) - so, if you wanna see something, it's gotta be a graphics card!

Anyways: There is nothing like a monitor INput, a monitor is for output, you know ^_~.

Name: Anonymous 2006-04-17 17:31

Yeah, I meant output.  I'm an idiot.

Well, I have a free AGP slot, so that would be my best bet, wouldn't it?

Thanks for the help.

Name: Anonymous 2006-04-17 19:11

You need an AGP video card.

Name: Anonymous 2006-04-18 4:41

uh... is this a serious question? cos if it is, I really don't think you're up to scratch on building a computer...

Name: Anonymous 2006-04-19 0:19

READ A BOOK ON COMPUTERS, OR OPEN UP A WORKING ONE.

Name: Anonymous 2006-04-19 12:25

>>2
LOTS of PCI (not express) graphics cards are exist. e.g the GeForce 2 in my desktop. However whether they're still being made as much as they used to is another matter

A froogle search shows that, excluding eBay, the cheapest graphics cards are about £12 (I live in the UK)

>>5
>>6
both valid points.

Name: Anonymous 2006-04-19 13:44

I used to have a old 3Dfx voodoo card which was pci. No one now makes pci graphics cards  though so i think you will have to find one second hand if you are going for a pci card

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