G4 QS using widescreen LCD (not cinema display)

[hondak24]

Hi,
I have a G4 QS with Geforce2 mx 32MB ADC/VGA card. Instead of buying a ADC->DVI adaptor to hook up an 19" widescreen LCD, I want to "upgrade" to a Geforce4 mx or Radeon 9000 Pro. I know it's not much of an upgrade but I don't want to throw too much money on an old machine.

I read a few posts where people were successful at hooking up a widescreen LCD, but they also have newer macs.

1. If I want to keep my Geforce2 and use an ADC ->DVI adaptor, what are the chances of finding a widescreen LCD that will work?

2. Geforce4 mx or Radeon 9000 Pro? all 64MB.
specs:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86115
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=88346
Are my chances better?

3. From above specs, the resolutions don't seem to match modern widescreen LCD native res. How will the quality suffer?

4. I know Dell LCDs are a popular choice here. Any other LCDs that might work with older graphics card? Any other graphics card recommendations?

Thanks

 

[Joony]

Your Geforce2 should support at most a widescreen Dell 24" LCD with the ADC-DVI adapter, since it did support the 23" ACD in terms of resolution.

"The Apple Cinema HD Display requires Mac OS X v10.1.3 or Mac OS 9.2.2 or later, and one of the following systems:
—Power Mac G4 with an NVIDIA GeForce2 MX...."

http://support.apple.com/specs/displays/Apple_Cinema_Display_20_inch.html

You might be able to find a modded G5 pull Radeon 9600, which supports Core Image in Tiger, for a cheap price.

 

[hondak24]

Thanks Joony. I'll need to do a search on this modded G5 Radeon.