Wobbling Display

Hi All
I am using a Proview 19' CRT monitor with my G5 Mac. The resolution is set at 1600 X 1200. Recently (the past 2-3 days) the picture goes all wavy at the bottom of the screen for a few seconds when I switch to/from edit mode in iPhoto and every now and again it just does it for no apparent reason.
Does anyone have any ideas what might be causing this? I'm concerned something may be on the verge of failing... Is it the Graphics Card or is it more likely to be the Monitor. It is an analogue type of fault making me suspect the Monitor?
Any ideas??
With thanks.

For a test, try moving the monitor, or your mac as far away from each other as possible. Then use the mac in the same way that causes the problem.
If it no longer occurs, chances are that your monitor has poor shielding which is showing up at the higher display resolutions.
If it continues to occur, I'd try swapping in a good quality video cable. Many of the cables provided by monitor manufacturers are the cheapest things they can find. Running at high resolution will usually cause cheap cables to show off there weakness in manners like you describe.
Also, isn't 1600x1200 the max resolution for that monitor? Check to see what the refresh rate is, I would imagine it is pretty low, which can also cause visual problems.
Tom N.

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