sorry for not being more descriptive.. i was sorta in a rush. anyway, here are the answers: NVIDA Geforece2 MX I tried mulitple resolutions: normally i keep it at 600 x 800, and i tried it at 1024 x 1280 because thats what the monitor instructions said Monitor refresh rate is 75hertz I have Windows XP on a Dell Dimension 8100 As for the linux, i gave it a try with Knoppix, and the display was the same... thanks, mike