PJF is correct. It really has very little to do with the monitor, or even any part of the computer hardware/software that isn't the video card. For some reason (and this, by the way, has nothing to do with VRAM), some video cards can only go so far in resolution and color depth. My last video card, a Matrox with only 16MB VRAM, could do 1920x1440 with 32bit color on my 21" monitor; my current card, a TNT2 with 32MB VRAM, can only get to 1600x1200 in 24bit color. In the beginning of this message I said "very little" as opposed to "nothing." The reason for this is that, in some cases, some monitors can actually define max resolution. They don't controll the max color depth, but they can say that the computer can't take it any higher then, for example, 1600x1200. I think this is only really a big deal in LCD monitors, however. At any rate, I wouldn't worry, Anton! Your images look great to me! Although, it's always possible that my eyes are inherently pale! ;) Aaron