How much "power" will my VGA out give me?

I was just wondering, how much power the graphics card is on my iBook G3. I have used the TV out through the headphone jack, and it works ok, but very low quality. I see there is a mini-VGA out. For $20 - I can get an adapter that turns that port into a regular VGA plug that I can use with any other monitor.
This Black Friday, there is a place selling a 22" LCD monitor for only $139.99 which is super cheap - and I was wondering if it would work with my iBook. What I am concerned about is - this monitor had a native resolution of 1680 x 1050, and my iBook monitor is 1024 x 768. So, when I plug in this monitor, will that option become available, or will I be stuck with a 22" monitor with a stretched 1024 x 768 picture? If that is the case, then it's not worth it.
But I was just wondering what the max resolution was of the VGA out on these old iBooks.
Thanks!
Scott

I don't know about the Pro models. You may want to ask in their forums if you're considering buying one of them.
As a matter of fact, I'm not 100% certain about the MacBook since I've never actually tried connecting an external display and I don't often post or read topics in the MacBook forums. However, the question has come up many times here about the iBook G3 (Dual USB) (where I have been posting for over 5 years), and I'm sure that its resolution is fixed at the maximum of the built-in display. I based my comment about the MacBook on the assumption that since the MacBook is the iBook's replacement, there is a similar limitation. Pro models have several capabilities lacking on the consumer models, and I really don't know about the resolutions they may support.

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