PC Monitor to a Powermac G4??

Hi
I was wondering if I can connect a PC monitor to a Powermac G4.
Here is the specification of my mac:
Specification:
• Power Mac G4 (AGP Graphics)
• Processor: PowerPC 7400 v2.9 (G4)
• Processor Speed: 450MHz
• Cache: 64k L1, 1 MB backside (1:2) L2
• System Bus: 100 MHz (up to 800-MBps data throughput)
• Hard Drive: 20GB
• Media: DVD-ROM Drive, Zip Drive
• Memory: 512MB RAM
• Type of RAM Slots: 4 - PC100 3.3v, unbuffered, 8-byte, non-parity 168-pin SDRAM
• Graphics Card: ATI Rage 128
• ATI Card Model: ATY,Rage128 (Rage 128)
• Graphics Memory: 16 MB VRAM
• Display Connection: VGA or DVI-D
• Expansion Slots: 3 - 64-bit 33 MHz PCI, 1 - 2x AGP
• Expansion Bays: 4 - internal 3.5" ATA drive bays, 1 - optical drive bay, 1 - Zip 100/250 bay
• Hard Drive Bus: Ultra ATA/66 (ATA-5)
• Optical Drive Bus: EIDE (ATA-3)
• Backup Battery: 922-4028 (3.6 V 850 mAh Lithium)
• Ethernet: 10/100BASE-T (RJ-45)
• Modem: 56k
• USB: 2 - 12 MBit/s
• FireWire: 3 - 400 MBit/s (1 internal) (15W total power)
• Audio In: 1 - 3.5-mm analog input jack (16-bit 44.1 kHz sample rate)
• Audio Out: 1 - 3.5-mm analog output jack, Built-in speaker (16-bit 44.1 kHz sample rate)
Thanks

As long as the connections are the same from your stats looks like as long as the Display is VGA or DVI it should be fine. You can run any brand display wiht your mac just as long as the graphics card supports it which from the looks it should unless your trying to run a larger display then you may need a upgrade. But anything below 20" should be fine.
dual core 2 Ghz G5, 4.5Gb DDR2 RAM, Nvidia 7800GT, 300Gb seagate SATA, 160Gb WD Mac OS X (10.4.7) 23" HD Cinema display

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For unsupported resolutions, one may need to see if there are any software
solutions; maybe the minimum specs of the display are not met by an 8-bit
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Could be the display needs some other support for it to work. Drivers?
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3. _______________________________________
4. _______________________________________
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6. _______________________________________
7. _______________________________________
8. _______________________________________
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