Monitor question

[Mark Neidorff <mark@neidorff.com>]

Hi Folks,

Running Lenny updated.
I'm wondering what I lose if I switch to a large wide screen monitor.  I 
currently have a "regular" 17" Viewsonic (VP171s).  Works fine, but since my 
eyes are getting older, I'm tempted by the crop of wide screen 25" monitors 
on the market.  If you want to tell me how great a particular brand of 
monitor is, please e-mail me off the list (I don't want to start a flame war 
on the list).  My systems currently use the on-board video that comes with 
the motherboards.  (I have multiple systems connected to the monitor)  For my 
server, I want to keep using the on-board video, but for my desktop machine, 
putting in a video card is not out of the question.

So, questions:
1. Will my on-board video cards be able to drive a new monitor to full 
resolution?  If not, will I be able to run the GUI in a usable fashion or 
will I get a fuzzy display or will there be other compromises?

2. Are there monitors that do not support text mode out there?  I'm asking 
because I do as much work on my server as possible in text mode, only using X 
when absolutely necessary.  I also feel the need to watch the boot messages 
go by at times.  If a monitor can't display text mode, then it will be 
useless to me.

3. Are there any other general suggestions about the wide screen monitors that 
I should be aware of?

Thanks,

Mark