nVidia 220D GeForce MX and monitor resolutions

Hi!

I'd like to know if my current video card is able to support a new monitor. I appreciate any guidance, since I'm not familiar with these matters.

I'm planning to replace my old SyncMaster 410Nb with a nice LCD, and I expect to use it at its optimal resolution. It seems that 17 and 19 inch LCD monitors work at optimal resolutions of either 1280 x 1024 or 1440 x 900 (widescreen). And of course I don't want distorted images nor text.

My hardware:

Motherboard: Asus A7N266-VM/SE (year 2003)
Video: Chipset nVidia 220D GeForce MX Integrated.

With my current monitor (and using Windows 2000), I see the list of available modes includes up to 1024 x 768, 60 Hz. When I remove the restriction about hiding the modes that the monitor can't show, the list grows and includes up to 1280 x 1024, 60 Hz and 1600 x 900, 60 Hz.

If I am right, then I could keep using this video card with a 4:3 monitor in
1280 x 1024, but not with a 16:10 widescreen.

Is this correct? Anything important I'm not taking into account?

Thanks in advance.

dsidious, thanks for your reply. The specification list in that pdf brochure is overwhelming to me... If I'm not reading wrong, I could even use both my old a new monitors at once. Hmmm... but no, not possible since resolution should be the same for both monitors I guess.

As for buying a new card, it's of course a possibility, though I'm not sure what I would gain, since I dont't play action games nor use other graphics-intensive apps; at most I'd like to enjoy DVDs and the usual video files (flash, mpeg, mov). Usually I don't buy hardware unless I really feel a need for it (a rather conservative view about hardware upgrades, yes)

Anyway, I'll try to learn more about this.