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So I got a new monitor. A Samsung T240HD. It’s a 24inch LCD with a sweet contract ratio of 10000:1 and full 1080p resolution. Xorg gave me problems, but after copying a config someone posted on the ubuntu forums I was able to get it working.

# xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file works with a Samsung SyncMaster 245BW monitor and an
# nVidia Quadra FX 3450 video card, connected by an analog cable
# via an analog/DVI splitter under Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron. 5/21/08.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section “Screen”
Identifier “Default Screen”
Monitor “SyncMaster”
Device “Generic Video Card”
SubSection “Display”
Modes “1920×1200″ “1600×1200″ “1280×1024″ “1280×960″ “1152×864″ “1024×768″ “800×600″ “640×480″
EndSubSection
Option “AddARGBGLXVisuals” “True”
Defaultdepth 24
EndSection

Section “Device”
Identifier “Generic Video Card”
Driver “nvidia”
EndSection

Section “InputDevice”
Identifier “Generic Keyboard”
Driver “kbd”
Option “XkbRules” “xorg”
Option “XkbModel” “pc104″
Option “XkbLayout” “us”
EndSection

Section “InputDevice”
Identifier “Configured Mouse”
Driver “mouse”
Option “CorePointer”
EndSection

Section “ServerLayout”
Identifier “Default Layout”
screen “Default Screen” 0 0
Inputdevice “Generic Keyboard”
Inputdevice “Configured Mouse”
EndSection

Section “Module”
Load “glx”
EndSection

Section “Monitor”
Identifier “SyncMaster”
Horizsync 30.0 - 81.0
Vertrefresh 56.0 - 75.0
Option “DPMS”
EndSection

Section “Extensions”
Option “Composite” “Enable”
EndSection

Also I had to run auto fit on the monitor for the screen to be sized correctly.