What is the best video card for my computer?

i have a dell Pentium 4 512MB ram and 2.8 GHz.

what is the best video card available for my computer (not sure if this matters but im getting a 22" wide screen monitor)|||If you're upgrading your monitor, I would recommend buy some RAM for you computer to...512MB is barely enough...Believe me you should see a big boost if you're up that to 1 gig. It's really cheap now.



Pentium 4 so I assume you have PCI-E...you have to double check though. So anything should work for you...Unless you do some gaming too then Nvidia 8800 series.|||you have to name the specific type and model of dell you have, its your mobo and psu you have to think about when upgrading the graphics card not the ram and cpu.



Kenny|||You need to say what output you want for the card (so the monitor works with it) and the operating system would help too (I'll assume Win. XP SP2). The monitors resolution would help, too. If your gaming you might want to get another 1 to 2 GB of RAM (if your playing newer games). Use NewEgg.com to shop. If you dont want to go nuts, a GeForce 8800 GTX is a nice choice in the $100-200 range. If you have a lot of cash, a GeForce 9800 GX2 could play Crysis on high settings. And, if you have way too much money, an ATI FireGL ($2,000+) would be great. (just remember to get me one, too!) But your video card isn't the only thing you need to game, you need more RAM and maybe a new processor. (dual core) A new computer might be good if your really serious.|||Depend on wat kind of pentium u r using. If u r using the old socket PGA-478 pentium, the mobo seems does not hv the pci-e slot for graphics, if u r using LGA-775 Pentium then may be ur mobo hv pci-e. The best way is to check ur mobo user manual or search ur model online.



The 22" wide comes with DVI-D too so may sure u choose a graphics with DVI-I output. Ur system RAM is too low, recommened upgrade to a least 2GB they r not expensive.