Video Resolution Standards
ID: Q62911
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The information in this article applies to:
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Microsoft Windows versions 2.x, 3.0, 3.0a, 3.1, 3.11
SUMMARY
The following table summarizes the different standards for monochrome,
CGA, EGA, and VGA video displays:
Standard Resolution Pixels Total Colors Colors/Screen
-------- ----------------- ------------ -------------
Hercules MDA 720 x 348 N/A N/A
CGA 640 x 200 16 4
EGA 640 x 350 64 16
PGA 640 x 480 4096 256
MCGA
CGA Mode 640 x 200 4096 256
Text Mode 640 x 480 16 2
VGA
CGA Mode 640 x 200 4096 256
Text Mode 720 x 400 16 2
320 x 200 262,144 256
640 x 480 262,144 16
Super VGA 800 x 600 256 16
(also called 262,144 256 (depends
extended VGA on
or VGA Plus) display
memory)
IBM 8514/A 1024 x 768 16 million 16
(interlaced) 256 (depends
on
display
memory)
TI TIGA 1024 x 768 16 million 16
(Compaq, NEC) (noninterlaced) 256 (depends
on display
1280 x 1024 16 million 16 memory)
MORE INFORMATION
For more information, query on the following words in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:
standards and video and resolution
Additional query words:
3.0 3.00 3.0a 3.00a 3.1 3.10 3.11 WIN286 WIN386 KBHW graphics adapter
Keywords :
Version : WINDOWS:2.x,3.0,3.0a,3.1,3.11
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type :