New LCD monitor, should I upgrade video card?

I just purchased a new 19" Proview LCD monitor (PL913s) and have a older PC with a Radeon 7000 agp card, 32mb ram if I remember right.



I'm most interested in having an easy to read monitor for business applications (IE, outlook, word...), I do almost no gaming, photography, engineering...etc. I've already noticed a big improvement over my 17" CRT but was just wondering if these monitors should be paired up with a good video card. Thanks.



Computer: Athlon 1700+ processor, 256mb ram, approx 2.5 yrs old, nothing special.



Monitor specs:

Panel Type: TFT active matrix

Native Resolution: SXGA 1280x1024

Pixel Pitch: 0.294 mm

Brightness: 250 cd/m2

Contrast Ratio: 450:1

Response Time: 16 ms

View Angle: 140?/ 140?(Horizontal / Vertical)

Input Connectors: 15pin D-sub

I would say that it would not be worth it. If you really use it only for applications like you have listed, then you are fine. I only hope it can allow you to make use of the possible resolution. It would not hurt however, perhaps investing into a newer card than that simply for greater performance. By newer I mean the cheapest budget cards.



JAN



BTW. Is it AGP 4*/2* compatible?

agp 4 compatible card

No need to upgrade the video card