Hi,

I have a fairly outmoded system:

MB Gigabyte GA--M57SLI-S4
CPU Athlon 3800
Memory Corsair DDR2 XMS 2gb
Graphics Nvidia Gforce 8500gt
HDD Western Digital 400gb Sata
Monitor HP lcd Hp1740

The screen plays up sometimes. It gets a yellow line down one side. It's the office type 4:3 aspect monitor which seem to be getting rarer. If I switch to a widescreen 16:9 format, would I need a new graphics card?

I don't play games. But sometimes there'll be stuttering when I'm watching a Youtube video. Whether this is the screen or something else I don't know.

I'd appreciate some advice here, please.

With your current graphics card you are able to run almost any monitor out there, no need for a one.
Regarding stuttering with Youtube: This also can be a network issue.

Thank you TobiSGD. I was hoping that somebody knowledgeable would put me right.

Have a nice Christmas,

Betula