Screen Resolution Advice PLEASE

[GeoffRob]

Hi everyone.
Can somebody out there give me some much needed advice?
I would like to buy a 22in TFT Wide Screen Monitor, but dont understand a thing about Screen Resolution and Graphics cards.
The Monitor that I have now is a 15in Flatron L1510S TFT, and my Graphics card is a GeForce 4 MX440 Series. The highest Resolution I can get is 1024x768, and the Resolution of the Monitor I want is 1680x1050! Do I need a new more powerful Graphics card to obtain this higher Resolution, and if so, which would you recommend with not too higher price?
I certainly DONT fancy calling into PC World for them to tell me that I need a very expensive card to get this new Monitor up and running...only to find out at a later date that my present card WOULD HAVE been capable!!!!
The Monitor's i'm interested in are Acer X223W, and the AL2216WD

Will be extremely grateful of any replies. Thanks.

[whitethunder922]

Chances are your video card can do the higher resolution, but the 15" monitor probably isn't capable. Doing a simple Google for Flatron L1510S TFT, I come up with a product that says its max resolution is 1024x768. If you're going to get the 22" either way and it might require a video card upgrade, you may as well try the 22"er with the old video card first. Just don't get rid of your old monitor until you have a working configuration.

[GeoffRob]

Thanks SO MUCH whitethunder922 for replying SO SOON with your sound advice. I understand ALOT MORE now! Going to do exactly as you suggest..purchase a 22"er and try it first with the card i've got. As you say I might be lucky enough not having to fork out for a more powerful Video card!! Again MANY THANKS..you're a STAR! Geoff.