Can my Asus Radeon 9200SE 128meg handle 1440x900 (19" Wide)?

[Shaitan00]

My second computer has an Asus Radeon 9200SE 128meg (VGA, RCA, S-Video: outputs) video card and an old CRT monitor that is dying, so I was looking into replacing it with a new 19" Widescreen LCD (debating between the ACER AL1916W or the LG L194WTX-BF, if you have any suggestions please) mostly used for browsing and watching movies. Thing is before going to make the buy I wanted to confirm that my video card could at least handle that resolution.

So I installed the latest ASUS video card drivers for the 9200series (new ati catalyst) and went through the options there, I notice that if I set the REFRESH RATE to 60Hz I can bring my resolution (desktop area) up as high as 1920x1080 but the option for 1440x900 (19" Widescreen) isn't there.

Is there a way to be 100% sure that my video card can handle the new 19" LCD Widescreen monitor?
Any help or hints will be much appreciated.
Thanks,

 

[UF Matt]

Doesn't look like it:

http://ati.amd.com/products/radeon9200/radeon9200/specs.html

 

[Matthias99]

Originally posted by: UF Matt
Doesn't look like it:

http://ati.amd.com/products/radeon9200/radeon9200/specs.html

Given that it supports 1920x1200 and 1920x1440, I would be surprised if it couldn't also do 1440x900. You might need to force it with something like Powerstrip if the drivers don't recognize it as a usable resolution.

Try unchecking the box to hide unsupported video modes (if you didn't already do that; normally it won't show weird resolutions like that unless you have a widescreen LCD actually plugged in), or download the demo of Powerstrip and see if you can force that resolution.

I thought I remembered people having problems getting original RADEON cards (which are the RADEON 7000/7500) to do widescreen resolutions, but that the 8000 and 9000 series could do it.

 

[Shaitan00]

UF Matt: Thanks for the link - I might need to get a new video card too I guess....

Matthias99: where is the checkbox for "hide unsupported video modes" located? I would really love to give it a try...
Thanks,

 

[Matthias99]

Originally posted by: Shaitan00
UF Matt: Thanks for the link - I might need to get a new video card too I guess....

Matthias99: where is the checkbox for "hide unsupported video modes" located? I would really love to give it a try...
Thanks,

Control Panel / Display / Settings / "Advanced..." / Monitor (at least in Win2K; it may be slightly different in XP, but it's definitely under the "Advanced..." subpanel).

 

[SlowSpyder]

Chances are that res will show up as an option once you connect the LCD, atleast that's what's happened in my experiences.