Nvidia graphic card-budget is 100 $ max!

You will get more bang for your buck from ATI in that price bracket.

I am going to leave my input at that.

Dear thefabe and Maguscreed,
Thank you for the inputs!

Regards,
Sreedhav

Dear smarteyeball,
I have thorougly enjoyed the analytical answer which was "top-notch" and in the process "your reputation" is glowing!:)

Am i to infer that a monitor with better resolution will do the trick? I have a Samsung monitor with 5000:1 Digital Fine Contrast . I am waiting eagerly for your reply. Who knows, i may take up gaming later on?

Regards,
Sreedhav.

The quality of the image you see is directly reflected in the quality of your monitor. refresh rate contrast and resolution all play a part in that. Improving your graphics card will help render speeds in both 2d video/stills and 3d, but they are primarily focused on 3d rendering for games, design, and drawing apps like autocad.
Video playback quality is also heavily affected by your cpu power, because codecs convert within the player and this load is generally handled by the cpu, unless special software is in play.

I don't know what your specific target is here when you say quality. There are different applications and environment where slightly different factors add up to the best possible on screen image.

Video playback can also be effected by the program you use and the player.
For instance and this is with DVD movies. I've found that using a blu ray palyer has inhanced the viewing of regular DVd's along with using the power DVD Mark II 3d application.
Fabe

Dear Maguscreed, QUOTE " I don't know what your specific target is here when you say quality " UNQUOTE. To put things in perspective, i have read today where a discussion was going on about .avi format and it becoming "ancient"! I was watching a movie in my native language"Telugu" often referred to as the "Italian of the East"! It was in .avi format and not being happy with the "QUALITY", i converted it to "DIVX"format! It was so pleasing to the eye and the contours were so clear, there can be no arguement as to which format was better! It's like watching a program in a normal TV and a Plasma TV! The colors, the depth and the whole "feel" is refreshingly different! I would infer, it is more "objective" and less"subjective"! I had a talk with my computer tecchie who's into selling these things and told him about the 5000:1 Digital contrast and he was laughing his head off and in between bouts of laughter told me to switch to 500000:1 digital monitor ( after i explained what @smarteyeball was emphasizing that it's the monitor and not the Video card that's at fault)! This particular thread came to my rescue by stopping me spending money on a new G-card! I have placed an order for the 24 inch monitor with the new ratio! Keep your comments coming in, b'cause this thread will surely help others who are following it! Maguscreed and fabe-->i am adding to your rep. Regards, DR.Sreedhav

I typed the above post in the newly downloaded and yet to be configured "SeaMonkey" browser and sorry that everything came out as one concrete block! Pardons!

Dear toothbrusher,
Thanks! " a better monitor is better " ! I wish to know the screen resolution of your monitor. Hey,You need to update your specs. as it shows only Win.XP (not 7) 32 bit!

Kindly go to the chillout room which you'll find as you scroll down the column under Seven forums and add your bit to the "age" thread! Only 124 folks had the guts to come clean! It's like voting, you see! Many Americans having a cynical attitude(as in my country--India) towards politics,do not come out to vote and ultimately they get a chief whom they have reservations about! My reposte' is "where were you on the day the polls were on"?

Pl. create the time to visit that forum and tick the age bracket into which you/he/she fit into! I am 49+months!

regards,
Sreedhav