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Graphics card question

Dear techie gurus

I have a trusty 4 year old Dell desktop and am thinking of upgrading to a bigger 21"/22" monitor (mainly for two documents on-screen at once).

My graphics card is a nVidia Geforce4 MX420, and my query is will this support a resolution of say, 1680 x 1050? Have tried delving into graphics card properties and googling but struggling here...

Thanks in advance.

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  • philnicandamy
    philnicandamy Posts: 15,685 Forumite
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    I've had a look on Nvidia's website

    according to their specs the graphics card you currently have will offer a screen size of up to

    2048x1536

    if you had the option of running 2 monitors off the one card then the screen sizes would be

    1208x1024

    Have a look here

    http://www.nvidia.com/object/LO_20020204_8254.html

    this tells you all the screen resolutions your card will run to


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  • startrekker
    startrekker Posts: 1,162 Forumite
    At 4 years old Im guessing it was this card HERE , as you can see it gives the resolution details about half way down the screen....
    :confused:I have nothing better to do!!!!:confused:
  • bobsmum
    bobsmum Posts: 77 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10 Posts
    Must improve my googling technique!! Thanks to you both.
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