Q62911: Video Resolution Standards

Article: Q62911
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): WINDOWS:2.x,3.0,3.0a,3.1,3.11
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 18-DEC-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows versions 2.03, 2.1, 2.11, 3.0, 3.0a, 3.1, 3.11 
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SUMMARY
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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
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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

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbWin3xSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbWin203 kbWin210 kbWin211 kbWin300 kbWin300a kbWin310 kbWin311
Version           : WINDOWS:2.x,3.0,3.0a,3.1,3.11

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