Mac Mini refusing to support res greater than 1280x1024

Hi,
I'm trying to set up a Mac Mini for my family, and have been having trouble getting both XP (via bootcamp) and Leopard to support my 24" monitor's native widescreen resolution of 1920x1200. When I go to the Display setup menu the max res it lets me select is 1280x1024. I've searched google for a solution but can't seem to find any... I've connected the monitor using a DVI cable, but using a VGA/D-SUB doesn't seem to make any difference.
In XP I've upgraded the graphics display drivers to no avail.
Can anyone please help?
TIA.

Thanks for the reply.
It is indeed a brand new Mac Mini with Leopard running on it. The monitor's an old, discontinued LG L2320T. I can't really tell whether it's being detected properly or not (can't find a mention of the name/model anywhere except the profile name seems to have been set up correctly). I'm pretty sure the TFT's max/native refresh rate is 60Hz, and I've left it as such (had some issues when it was accidentally set to 75Hz). The monitor definitely does 1920x1200 in XP (we had it hooked up to a windows box before).
Sorry I don't really know much about Macs at all... Hopefully this'll shed some light?
TIA

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