Microsoft KB Archive/62911

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Video Resolution Standards

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Q62911

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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
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

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