How Can I Determine If My Mac Can "Smoothly" Power a Cinema Display?

Hi everyone,
I have a PowerMac G4 (sawtooth) which I will be replacing this Spring (or upon Leopard's release, whichever comes first).
My G4 still does everything I need it to today, and fast too. However, my current monitor does not.
It runs at 1024x768 and if I go any higher, the refresh rate is horrible.
My question is this, is it my monitor that is responsible for that horrible refresh rate at higher resolutions, my video card, or both?
Obviously, I'm not naive enough to think I could run a 30 inch smooth as butter... but if I named my video card, could someone here give me an estimate as to how big / high of a resolution my card could decently power if I were to get a new/better display?
It's an "ATY, Rage 128 Pro AGP" with a standard monitor port, and a DVI as well.
Thanks,
Brad

The Rage Pro would be unable to run a Apple 20" LCD, which has a 1680 x 1050 resolution.
The Rage Pro can support up to 1280 x 1024, at the very least. Maybe more, but the Rage Pro was a OEM card made by Apple (ATI supplied the chips, Apple had the made) and there is limited documentation on them.
What monitor do you have? Most VGA monitors have a standard refresh rate of 75Hz.

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