I’m upgrading my PC with some extra RAM and buying a new monitor.

My PC is around 5 years old and has a GeForce graphics card fitted with the following spec:
Nvidia GeForce PCX 5750 (PCI Express x16) 128 on-board RAM ... loads of other spec details which I can supply if necesary.

The monitor I’m considering is a 22” Samsung 2232 BW with a max resolution of 1680 x 1050

Neither my PC nor the graphics card are exactly spring chickens. Before I rush out a buy a new graphics card, and bearing in mind there is a limit to the amount of money i want to spend on this PC set up, my question is ….. will this graphics card drive this monitor at 1680 x 1050?

I’ve Googled it to death but can find no confirmation. Even the Nvidia web site does not give this info in the PCX 5750 specs. I have found references on 3rd party review sites of this card along the following lines:
“I would like to say one thing concerning the 2D quality, though our display had crispy graphics and text in all resolutions up to 1600x1200@85Hz. The picture became a bit fuzzy in 1800x1440, but this was not a standard resolution for our display”

But nowhere can I find a confirmation that I can get 1680 x 1050 out of it. Is it the graphics card or the monitor drivers that determine the resolution that can be achieved? My current monitor can be set to 1280 x 1024 max in the system settings but I don’t think that this is the graphics card limitation

All a bit confusing really …. any help greatly appreciated before I part with the readies

Cheers Medears, Dave B.

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