Advice on video card

Hello, my best advice is get a DAZZLE Digital video creator model 150 from:
http://www.pinnaclesys.com/ProductPage_n.asp?Product_ID=1426&Langue_ID=7

this unit is truly fantastic for VCR capture, because the model 150 as a built in DVD decoder chip.

It is much faster ( 4 to 5 times faster ) to encode than using the chip on a video card and a lot of cpu cycles, the quality is great and it connects to USB 2,0. My videos now have a better quality and I dont loose my computer for hours waiting.

For the video card I would suggest an MSI FX5200,
http://www.msicomputer.com/product/p_spec.asp?model=FX5200_TD128&class=vga

This card as 128 megs of memory it's an AGP 8X and is compatible with Direct X 9,0 it also as TV-out, one of the nice thing about this card it doesnt use a fan to cool the GPU it uses an heatsink so this card will work for many years before needed to be replace or serviced, the cheap FX5200 card on the market all have a tiny cheap fan that always become defective between 14 to 18 months. So get an MSI with the heatsink and have it trouble free.

As for PCI Express, well you would have to change your motherboard for one that as a PCI-E connector, the video card would cost you a fortune and you would still have to wait for hours to capture the video.

So save some money and a lot of precious time and get a Dazzle 150 + the MSI card and I am certain that you will enjoy your setup for years to come.