Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1024 x 768, maximum 8192 x 8192
VGA1 connected 1024x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 0mm x 0mm
1024x768 60.0*
800x600 60.3 56.2
848x480 60.0
640x480 59.9
jarvis@linuxmint ~ $ gtf 1680 1050 59.9
# 1680x1050 @ 59.90 Hz (GTF) hsync: 65.11 kHz; pclk: 146.89 MHz
Modeline "1680x1050_59.90" 146.89 1680 1784 1968 2256 1050 1051 1054 1087 -HSync +Vsync
jarvis@linuxmint ~ $ xrandr --newmode "1680x1050_59.90" 146.89 1680 1784 1968 2256 1050 1051 1054 1087 -HSync +Vsync
jarvis@linuxmint ~ $ xrandr --addmode VGA1 1680x1050_59.90
Then you can choose in the display settings.
To make this valid when next login, add the xrandr commands to .profile:
xrandr --newmode "1680x1050_59.90" 146.89 1680 1784 1968 2256 1050 1051 1054 1087 -HSync +Vsyncxrandr --addmode VGA1 1680x1050_59.90