Configuring resolution on Samsung SyncMaster 932BW monitor

I just bought a new Samsung SyncMaster 932BW monitor and can't figure out how to configure the resolution on it. It's widescreen, and supposed to be set at 1400 X 900, but the only options I have in the Displays System Preferences are 640 X 480, 800 X 600, 1024 X 768 and 1280 X 1024. None of these work, as the proportions are all stretched.
The drivers that came with it are for PCs only, and Samsung says it doesn't suppy Mac drivers or offer tech support for Mac users. Is there a way to manually set my resolution to 1400 X 900? These are pretty nice monitors and they're selling like hot cakes on sale at Best Buy and Circuit City, so I'm sure there are tons of other Mac users who have dealt with this. Can any of you help a guy out?
Thanks

Hi-
Welcome to Discussions!
What graphics card do you use? Are you using DVi or VGA connection?
You can make custom resolutions using SwitchResX.
BTW, the resolution that you want is 1440x900.

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