Power Mac 8500/180 LCD monitor question

A friend has a Power Macintosh 8500/180 and wishes to upgrade the monitor from the huge CRT it is now using to LCD.
Looking at the specs of this machine it has a DB15 display port, which it seems can output via VGA via an adapter such as this: http://www.lindy.co.uk/shop/showProductDetail.do?orderNumber=70187&source=search. Can anybody confirm whether this should work?
I also seem to remember that in years gone by Mac's were only compatible with Multisync monitors. Is this the case with LCD? In other words, would any old LCD work, or should a multisync LCD be purchased?
Likewise, would a driver be required, and would it matter if the monitor was widesceen?
Many thanks
Darren

The 8500 has a couple of hardware limitations beyond the physical conversion of the VGA cable for connection to the DB-15 port. (1) The 8500's onboard video support/VRAM is maxed out at 4 MBs, which is not really adequate for a modern display. (2) LCD displays have a native resolution/refresh, so the computer's onboard graphics controller or add-in graphics card should support those specs for optimal viewing quality. A widescreen display with a 16:9 aspect ratio further complicates the support capabilities of an older graphics card. What OS is your friend running on the 8500? The expense of adding a modern Mac-compatible graphics PCI card for a widescreen display well exceeds the value of an 8500 today. If a display with the older 4:3 aspect ratio is used, a more capable graphics card may be needed, but one that's not so current/expensive. Used Mac-compatible graphics cards, like an ATI Orion, Nexus, or the made-for-Apple ATI Rage 128 (pulled from a Blue & White G3) aren't too expensive and all of these cards have a VGA port, eliminating the need for the adapter. Your friend can always try connecting a 4:3 LCD display to the onboard DB-15 monitor port, via the adapter that you linked. Getting the DIP switches set correctly is the trick.

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