DOCUMENT:Q62911  18-DEC-2000  [win95x]
TITLE   :Video Resolution Standards
PRODUCT :Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
PROD/VER:WINDOWS:2.x,3.0,3.0a,3.1,3.11
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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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