I need advice on buying a new graphics card.....

I am lookiing for one that is PCI Express and has at least one DVI output (I would prefer one that has two, but it isn't that big of a deal.) I don't really care about a good one for games, but I do care about its qualities as a capture card....any suggestions?

Well, any PCI Express card you get is going to be a good one for games. I don't know of any crappy PCI Express cards

You know, this one isn't really that hard to look for. Newegg has all the search tools you need for finding this card at their store. For example, here are all PCI Express cards they sell that have two DVI ports. Lots of choices there. However, it looks like the only one they have with capture abilities is this one.

i was mostly wondering what ones are better than others...I have no idea when it comes to quality which ones are the best and which ones have problems.

Well, I suppose you can take a look at the customer feedback for a particular card on that site. Aside from that, I don't think many people here will be able to help you unless they've just built a new system within the last few months, which is how long PCI Express has been around. You have a mobo with PCI Express slots, right?

Anyway, since it sounds like video capture is important to you, it doesn't look like there are a lot of options out there anyway. Look for which ones do video capture and that'll narrow your search, if that's what you're looking for. Most of these cards have S-Video ports, but those are for video out, not in.

if your main concern is to capture video, then I would suggest an ATI All in Wonder Card. I'm not sure if they have one available for pci-e though. i have an older radeon 8500 aiw and it does just fine capturing tv and from video cams.

The second link I posted was for an ATI AIW card. I would agree with your assessment if it weren't for the fact that ATI's Windows drivers for the AIW cards are crap. I basically can't use mine at this point for TV tuning. That's probably just my machine being screwed up, but I think it's mostly on their end. I sure wish I had Bruno working on the PC side

Lousy Linux support, too, historically speaking.

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Well, any PCI Express card you get is going to be a good one for games. I don't know of any crappy PCI Express cards

The X300SE in my new Dell is PCI Express and from what I have seen in the Doom 3 demo it isn't exactly good for the latest games. At 1024x768 frame rates are in the 8-30 range most of the time.