Video Card Selection with the 2005fpw Monitor

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Hi all I just ordered a Dell outlet, XPS Gen 4 with lots of toys. One
question if I could of all of you I noticed the video card that was
with the system is a 256MB PCI Express x16 Ati Radeon x800 xt card.
What my question is will the card work ok with the 2005 fpw monitor
that I also ordered from the Outlet store. I have been looking for
answers on the dell website and called a couple of salespeople and
customer support people. What I have come up with so far is that its a
card that should support the monitor with a driver update. What Im
wondering will it support the 1680x1050 in both DVI and analog modes...

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Andy wrote:
> Hi all I just ordered a Dell outlet, XPS Gen 4 with lots of toys. One
> question if I could of all of you I noticed the video card that was
> with the system is a 256MB PCI Express x16 Ati Radeon x800 xt card.
> What my question is will the card work ok with the 2005 fpw monitor
> that I also ordered from the Outlet store. I have been looking for
> answers on the dell website and called a couple of salespeople and
> customer support people. What I have come up with so far is that its a
> card that should support the monitor with a driver update. What Im
> wondering will it support the 1680x1050 in both DVI and analog modes...
>
Almost any modern card ought to work; my friend has that monitor with a
Matrox P650 and it looks great (in both Windows & Linux). I hope to
pick one up in the near future.

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I'd be absolutely shocked if it didn't support it through DVI. It's an
usual resolution so likely just not listed on the site.

Heck, my Radeon 9800 Pro goes to 3200 x 1600 on DVI.

Tom
"Andy" <bruinfan50@aol.com> wrote in message
news:1112611497.957668.32890@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Hi and thanks first of all, I guess what my concern is if you look at
> the specs for the card if supports up to 1600x1200 in DVI but no
> further and obviously those numbers do not fit the fact that the
> monitors native resolution is 168x1050. I know it would support it in
> analog mode, my concern is about DVI mode...Thanks very much for the
> input....Andy
>