Your system came out long before the nice wide monitors did, so I suggest you get a dedicated video card that should support the resolutions better.

 

5500 PCI slot card. Only analog input so I would not get this one unless you are low on funds
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814143032

6200 PCI slot card. Analog and Digital input
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814143110

X1550 PCI slot card from Dell. Dells card and is most expensive
http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=bsd&cs=04&sku=A1133766  


How to disable your integrated video chip as posted by the Moderator

2200, 2300, 2350, 2400, 3000, 3100, E310, B110/1100

* Right click the My Computer icon
* Click Properties
* Click the Hardware tab and/or the Device Manager button
* Open the Display Adaptors. You should see the Intel video card
* Double click the listing for Intel whatever
* At the bottom under "Device Usage", click the down arrow and change this to "Do not use this device, disable"
* Click OK- Apply- OK
* Close all boxes when done
* Click Start- Turn Off Computer- Restart
* Press F2 at the blue Dell logo screen
* Down arrow to either:
Onboard Devices- Primary Video
Primary Video
Integrated Devices- Primary Video Controller
* Change yours to AUTO or PCI (whatever is listed)
* Press ESC several times to Exit and Save your changes
* As the system starts to restart, power the system off
* Open the case cover and add the PCI video card
* Connect the monitor to the added PCI video card
* Power on your computer
* Let the computer boot up and load the drivers off of the CD provided with the card

how about this card???

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=8154257

and, should I use the DVI, or the VGA port with the new card ?

is PCI, and PCI Express the same thing, as I see both types available

  No, pci and pci express are not the same. Your computer only has pci slots.  

ok, thanks. most of the ones I've been looking at, don't show My monitor's native resolution, 1680X1050

thanks for clearing that up for Me :)

6200 PCI slot card Max resolutions 2048 x 1536 85Hz

 

Which means it will support up to, the above resolutions, that includes the resolutions below that for normal applications, web surfing.

 

For games at that native resolutions it will not play well, since the PCI slot cards are way older now and the more current games like a powerful card to crank up the game resolutions.   

Most welcome   :smileywink:

one last question regarding this: is My CPU processor going to play a factor in card selection?

my CPU's processor is: Intel Celeron 2.00GHz, 1.99GHz 512MB RAM