Compatible Video Card?

My 6-year old Gateway 700x WinXP Pro desktop has an nVidia GeForce2 MX
400 (original) video card, running an 18" Gateway LCD monitor at 1280 x
1024 resolution. I just picked up a Samsung 19" wide screen LCD monitor
at a great price. I see that the Samsung monitor is designed to run at
1440 x 900 resolution. I notice when I click on Display Properties/Settings,
it shows the highest resolution available is 1280 x 1024.Is this going
to be a problem for my 6-year old video card?

I do have a new nVidia G-Force FX 128MB DDR card that I picked up a couple
of years ago. Available resolutions include 1280 x 1024 and 1600 x 1200.
Would this be a better match?

Thanks!
Scott

Scott wrote:
My 6-year old Gateway 700x WinXP Pro desktop has an nVidia GeForce2 MX
400 (original) video card, running an 18" Gateway LCD monitor at 1280 x
1024 resolution. I just picked up a Samsung 19" wide screen LCD monitor
at a great price. I see that the Samsung monitor is designed to run at
1440 x 900 resolution. I notice when I click on Display Properties/Settings,
it shows the highest resolution available is 1280 x 1024.Is this going
to be a problem for my 6-year old video card?

I do have a new nVidia G-Force FX 128MB DDR card that I picked up a couple
of years ago. Available resolutions include 1280 x 1024 and 1600 x 1200.
Would this be a better match?

Thanks!
Scott
Scott,

There are two things going on here. The older GForce2 MX400 has how
much memory? 32MB? Not enough for a modern high-res wide screen
monitor, but more importantly its drivers most likely are incapable of
handling the newer HDTV resolutions.

Install the 128MB card AND download the drivers for it. That should do
it, because the card is modern enough to be able to use the latest
nVidia drivers from the nVidia web site.

In short, you are seeing a driver problem caused by an old card with old
drivers incapable of handling the monitor... Ben Myers

Hi!

I notice when I click on Display Properties/Settings, it shows the highest
resolution
available is 1280 x 1024.Is this going to be a problem for my 6-year old
video card?

Try it and see what the new monitor does first, if you're happy with the
card's performance in every other way. You may need to get the latest
drivers from nVidia for things to work.

I'm using an early nVidia GeForce low profile AGP card in a Compaq Evo D500
to drive an Acer widescreen flat panel. It works perfectly, and can run the
panel at its native resolution. I am using the 2005 nVidia driver release.

Would this be a better match?

Using the newer card is always a thought, but you'd want to be sure that the
system's power supply is up to the job.

William