Graphics cards help

Having problems with ATI vivo. My display has always been unrealistic for photo printing, i.e. what I see is nowhere near what I get. I am blaming my video card and would like advice on a card I can pick up cheap on ebay. No longer need vivo and don't do any game playing. Have a newish monitor and no calibration settings gets rid of the problem. Would be grateful for any advice

Had a HP photo printer and have moved on to Epson Stylus 900 with same result.

Yes, using the monitor specific colour settings. It's just something that is very noticeable when doing photo work. My laptop display is much more real and that is an ancient model.