Flat screen LCD monitor

Has anybody got a flat screen running with a G3 desktop? I would like to run get an inexpensive one without replacing the video card. If you have a brand and model that worked with a VGA adaptor, please let me know, thanks.
G4 466/SONY DVD RW DW-Q30A, G3 233 Desktop Mac OS X (10.3.9) ipod-photo 60g, Sony Alpha 100 Camera

Madsen,
Is the G3 running OSX? If so, drivers for non-ATI video cards are hard to find or nonexistent so you may not get any 3D acceleration. Still it might give you the connectivity you need. If the G3 is running OS9, I believe suitable ixMicro drivers are installed as part of the OS if you haven't removed them.
Bill W mentioned the "auto-sense" adaptor. If you don't want to invest in a video card, this is pretty important as the "set the switches yourself" adaptors tend to be old and may not support the resolutions a new LCD monitor offers.
You don't need a powerful video card for OSX support. If you could find an ATI Rage 128 Orion (retail) it would have a VGA connector and offer 16MB VRAM. I've used one on my Beige G3 with OSX and it does quite well with OSX's built-in video drivers. This page:
http://ati.amd.com/products/rage128/rageorion/specs.html
shows the resolutions the Orion supports. With later ATI drivers, you might get wide-screen support. Other older ATI Mac video cards are listed on this page:
http://ati.amd.com/products/discontinued.html
Most of those toward the bottom of the list should still work and it gives you an idea of what to look for on the used/pulled market.

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http://www.ares-woo.com/christmas2005/images/pc_cine.jpg
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lyndziiwh0a
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