Power G3/LCD Display Upgrade?

I have a Blue and White Power G3 and would like to upgrade to a 22” LCD display.
Are there any limitations with OS 9.2.2 and the ATI Rage 128 card that I should be aware of when making a selection?
I don’t want to spend any more than I need to and so I don’t want the display to exceed the limitations of my computer?
What features could be left out?
For example, would it be better to get a display that just has only a VGA (analogue) input instead of a combination of VGA and DVI,(digital) inputs, and perhaps with less resolution, etc.?
Someone told me that it’s not a good idea to use a display that’s over nineteen inches wide.
Do you have any recommendations?

I just bought a AJ2216WBD Acer 22” monitor with a 1680 x 1050 resolution and I’m afraid to take it out of the box because of what I learned about lcd screens and native resolution. I read the following about lcd screens:
“The most noticeable disadvantage is their fixed or native resolution. An LCD screen can only display the number of pixels in its matrix and no more or less. It can display a lower resolution in one or two ways. Using only a fraction of the pixels on the display or through extrapolation. Extrapolation is a method whereby the monitor blends multiple pixels together to simulate a single smaller pixel. This can often lead to a blurry or fuzzy image particularly with text when running the screen below its native resolution.”
And unlike a CRT screen where the resolution can be scaled down.”
The highest resolution my 128 rage card offers is 1600 x 1200 at thousands of colors and 1280 x 1024 at millions of colors. And so I’m wondering if I’m better off with a view screen that has a lower native resolution, such as the Samsung Syncmaster 940T or 904bx 19” and the LG LI953TX 19” with a resolution of 1280 x 1024
Although, I’d actually prefer a 22” screen.
There is also the Viewsonic VA1926W with a resolution of 1440 X 900 but that would be pushing it because I would never be able to have native resolution with millions of colors.
What would be the most normal situation for an lcd screen with a Blue and White Power G3 450 MHz computer,, in terms of resolution and screen size?
Also, according to Apple, the highest 2D display mode is 1280 x 1024 at 75Hz with millions of colors, thousands of colors and 256 colors. While the maximum 3D resolution is 1280 x 1024 with millions of colors and 1600 x 1200 with thousands of colors.
How can the resolution be higher in 3D than in 2D mode for thousands of colors?
Do you just get more with 3D?
I would like to fully experience the capabilities of my rage card with the best lcd screen to bring it out.

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