What card for 2d over 1600 x 1200 @ 85hz or more

[adskn]

I'm a proud new owner of an Iiyama HA202DT. I'd like to run it at 1856 x 1392 or 1920 x 1440. My current card is an original G400 (not MAX). At 60 hz the image is crisp (but unusable). When I push the card to the maximum (about 75hz) the quality of text suffers as do my eyes because I'm very sensitive to monitor flicker.

I don't do games - 2d quality is all that matters to me.

What video card would suit my needs. I can check the technical specs of cards to find out whether they can perform - what interests me is real world experience with these cards at these resolutions.

 

[imgod2u]

ATI's Radeon does a very good 2d quality at I think either 85 or 75hz. Leadtek's Geforce 3 and Geforce 3 Ti 500 product also have very good 2d quality and high refresh rates (I think it was 75hz at 1920x1440). If you're willing to settle for 1600x1200, you might wanna look into a high quality LCD with 1600x1200 native resolution and use the Leadtek Geforce 3/Ti500 card's DVI. LCD's don't have any flickering so its a lot easier on your eyes, trust me I know, even 1280x1024 on my Sony SDM-N80 is so much easier than my old Viewsonic V95 19" CRT even at 85hz. That and DVI and an LCD is more crisp since you're actually looking at physical pixels and not an electron gun trying to simulate pixels. The color saturation is also better (hard to tell, but doing a color chart in Photoshop shows it). I don't know if you're budget allows for that or not, just an idea.

 

[BFG10K]

You need a card that has a 350 Mhz RAMDAC. If you don't play games, a Radeon VE should suit you quite nicely.