External Monitor - Max Recommended Resolution

I am planning on setting up a desktop situation for my laptop for when I am using it at home (for more screen real estate / comfort). The Nvidia information page says the 9400M can output up to 2560x1600.
I am wondering what is the recommended maximum resolution to try to drive with my Macbook? When I am using it with the external monitor I plan to have it in clam shell mode so all the graphic resources are used on the single display. I just won't want my external monitor to have to high of a resolution which may cause the graphical portions of OSX to slow down / lag.
Thanks for your input .

Ideal because when I go shopping for a LCD monitor I'll look for one specifically with a 1920x1200 native resolution. Can you believe the only current computer monitors are all CRT? Haha! I've been a bit slow in updating in computer display technology .
It is good to hear that a higher resolution won't make the operating system chug. I didn't think it would, but I wanted to be sure. This is my first time using a mobile graphics card.
Thanks for the help .

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