23" LCD screen (LG) VGA w/nVidia GeForce2 MX on a G4 Quicksilver

I just bought an LCD screen not too long ago, and it works fine with my old G3 (ATI 3D Rage Pro 6MB) although I have to use a Mac to VGA converter with it. However, on my G4 which has VGA and ADC outputs, when I connect with a VGA cable, the graphics don't look good at all. It's very streaky; for example, if there's a black terminal window, the black from the terminal window streaks across the screen. I think it must be something with the graphics card, although it worked fine with my older CRT displays, so maybe it's just a conflict between my screen and the graphics card (not sure what conflict, though). With my G4 I've tried it with Linux and MacOS X, and with my G3 I tried it with OS 9 and an older version of Linux. It worked fine in both cases on my G3, but in neither case on my G4 could I avoid the streakiness. Please let me know if you need more information. I appreciate your help.

Hi-
Streakiness could be due to a poor cable or connector.
Having said that, it could be the analog side of the card is bad, or, simply that the Geforce2 won't do well with *widescreen LDC* panels through VGA.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25232
The Geforce2 MX will only do 1920x1200@60Hz from the ADC (digital) port.
Get an ADC to DVI adapter, and the problem is solved.
http://www.amazon.com/Belkin-F2E9142-WHT-Apple-Monitor-Adapter/dp/B000067RLH
There have been three driver and firmware updates related to the early Geforce cards:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=75115
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL663
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL604

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