Graphics Cards and LCD Monitors

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We have a 22" widescreen on one of our PC's at home and the picture quality is not as good as I think it should be.

I am running the screen at it's native resolution (1680 x 1050), my question is how much effect, if any, does the graphics card have on the quality of the picture.

The graphics card is a few years old Nvidia with 64mb ram.

Thanks

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Yes, it is an elderly card and to upgrade to something newer is not expensive, however, looking at the monitor it does not have a DVI interface.

It would appear that I can use a card with A DVI-I output and use an adpater to input to the monitor.

Either way will a better graphics card, say 256mb provide a better image irrespective of input to the monitor?

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The monitor is an ACER AL2202W. Not that old.

I have some doubts about the screen.

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