New LCD monitor, should I upgrade video card?

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carsick

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I just purchased a new 19" Proview LCD monitor (PL913s) and have a older PC with a Radeon 7000 agp card, 32mb ram if I remember right.

I'm most interested in having an easy to read monitor for business applications (IE, outlook, word...), I do almost no gaming, photography, engineering...etc. I've already noticed a big improvement over my 17" CRT but was just wondering if these monitors should be paired up with a good video card. Thanks.

Computer: Athlon 1700+ processor, 256mb ram, approx 2.5 yrs old, nothing special.

Monitor specs:
Panel Type: TFT active matrix
Native Resolution: SXGA 1280x1024
Pixel Pitch: 0.294 mm
Brightness: 250 cd/m2
Contrast Ratio: 450:1
Response Time: 16 ms
View Angle: 140° / 140° (Horizontal / Vertical)
Input Connectors: 15pin D-sub
 
Hey...

I would say that it would not be worth it. If you really use it only for applications like you have listed, then you are fine. I only hope it can allow you to make use of the possible resolution. It would not hurt however, perhaps investing into a newer card than that simply for greater performance. By newer I mean the cheapest budget cards.

JAN :D

BTW. Is it AGP 4*/2* compatible?
 
I'm most interested in having an easy to read monitor for business applications (IE, outlook, word...), I do almost no gaming, photography, engineering...etc. I've already noticed a big improvement over my 17" CRT but was just wondering if these monitors should be paired up with a good video card. Thanks.
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No need to upgrade the video card
 
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