He could also have gotten a faster card by not getting the SE version of the 9200. Those cards also vary by the amount of memory you get in them.
If he isn't much in playing games and/or 3D stuff, Matrox cards (such as G550) are good choice. Matrox doesn't have good 3D performance. However it has great image quality (there is more than visible difference when you connect monitor to Matrox card, unless you have really cheap monitor) and excellent 2D performance. If he is staring into monitor all day long, his eyes will appriciate the investment in card that can produce decent image on the monitor.
Offtopic: I was always amazed how companies that make $500 VGA cards are saving couple of cents per card by putting cheapest possible low-end filters in output circuits, completely screwing the quality of output signal...
-- Aleksandar Milivojevic <amilivojevic@xxxxxx> Pollard Banknote Limited Systems Administrator 1499 Buffalo Place Tel: (204) 474-2323 ext 276 Winnipeg, MB R3T 1L7
