Will my video card support 24" monitor fairly well?

[soybean]

Hey guys, I helped at the semi-annual recycling drive conducted by a local computer users' group to which I belong and I came into possession of a working Dell 24" LCD monitor.  The model # is 2405FPW. 

Just a short time ago, I connected it to the VGA port on my computer's AGP NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 (256MB) video card in my Win XP system.  The native/maximum resolution for this monitor is 1920 x 1200, which is a good bit higher than any monitor I've ever used with this video card.  The highest resolution I've used prior to this is 1280 x 1024. 

So far, the monitor seems to be working well; I have not noticed any defects. The screen seemed too bright at first.  I found Brightness to be set at 50%; I lowered that to 30 and that seems better.  The manufactured date on back is Jan. 2006.  It has PIP (Picture in Picture) capability, which is something I have not had before in a monitor.

I'm just wondering how well the video card will handle this monitor.  I do no gaming with this machine.  It's mainly used for email, MS Office apps, web browsing, and a little photo viewing.

[10twenty]

I have a old computer with that graphics card. And I recently got a brand new monitor of 1920x1200 resolution. My old computer is a 2002 Dell running windows XP Home Edition. The nVidia FX550 I overclocked about 10% (i'm a gamer)

I noticed viewing some websites there's a bit of lag- the video is a bit choppy when scrolling down a web page containing lots of images or flash objects (including videos).
During basic image editing in mspaint, doing things like adding text to a larger-than-screen size image the scrolling is choppy. editing images by adding or moving large piece of image the video is choppy, and sometimes things come to a stop. I don't know if its the RAM, CPU, or video card causing that.
These issues happen on a smaller screen size, 1280x1024, but its much more tolerable.

generally to get the most out of the monitor's performance I recommend a graphics card using a DVI interface, VGA's limit is around 1280x1024. the DVI allows more bandwidth and will improve performance somewhat.

[Computer_Commando]

That's the standard native resolution for a 16x9, 22" monitor.  I've got a 16x9, 19" @ 1440x900 with DVI & VGA inputs.  You'll have no issues,  but it does take some getting used to the wide screen format.  My 2nd computer still used a 17" 4x3 format.

[soybean]

generally to get the most out of the monitor's performance I recommend a graphics card using a DVI interface, VGA's limit is around 1280x1024. the DVI allows more bandwidth and will improve performance somewhat.

Good point.  Right now, I have the monitor connected to a DVI port but I'm using DVI to VGA adapter and a VGA cable since I don't have a DVI cable for it yet.  I intend to get a DVI cable so I can connect to DVI port on the monitor.

I noticed viewing some websites there's a bit of lag- the video is a bit choppy when scrolling down a web page containing lots of images or flash objects (including videos).

Yeah, I was thinking I might notice that.  I really haven't used the monitor enough yet to determine whether such lagging may be noticeable at times.

That's the standard native resolution for a 16x9, 22" monitor.  I've got a 16x9, 19" @ 1440x900 with DVI & VGA inputs.  You'll have no issues,  but it does take some getting used to the wide screen format.  My 2nd computer still used a 17" 4x3 format.

Well, we're talking some difference in monitor size here so I hope you're right in saying I'll have no issues. I could have gotten a different monitor, also a Dell. This other monitor was not widescreen; I believe it was a 19" and I'm guessing it's normal resolution would be 1280 x 1024, since I have a ViewSonic 19" monitor with that resolution.  So, I was tempted to get it instead of this one and use the two 19" monitors side by side as dual monitors.  I could probably swap this 24" monitor for the 19".  I've been using dual monitors, using the ViewSonic 19" LCD and a 17" CRT.  But, I don't intend to run dual monitors using the 24" monitor. If I keep the 24", I'll decommission the 17" CRT and keep my current 19" LCD on hand for other uses that might arise.

[rthompson80819]

If it's working OK for you, I'd leave it alone, however if it starts having problems on some sites or games, and you feel like you need a new video card, I'd look for one with a HDMI output.