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Written by Oleksandr Gavenko (AKA gavenkoa), compiled at 2015-10-05 from rev 764bb173578d.

Display.

Native display resolutions.

19” 4:3 SXGA 1280х1024 20” 4:3 UXGA 1600x1200 21” 4:3 UXGA 1600x1200 22” 16:10 WUXGA 1920x1200 24” 16:10 WUXGA 1920x1200 26” 16:10 WUXGA 1920x1200 30” 16:10 WQXGA 2560x1600

PC display modes.

VESA standards (SUPER VGA).

640x480 text & graphics (256-16M colors) 800x600 text & graphics (16-16M colors) 1024x768 text & graphics (16-16M colors) 1280x1024 text & graphics (16-16M colors)

IBM standards.

MDA 720x350 text only, monochrome CGA 320x200 text & graphics (4 colors) EGA 640x350 text & graphics (16 colors) MCGA 640x400 text; 320x200 graphics (256 cols) VGA 720x400 text; 640x480 graphics (16 colors) 8514 1024x768 text & graphics (256 colors) XGA 1024x768 text & graphics (256 colors)

Hercules standard.

720x348 text & graphics (monochrome)

VESA modes.

VESA BIOS Extension (VBE) Super VGA modes defined by VESA

Mode no. Video Dec. Hex Res. Colors RAM used 256 100 640x400 256 250K 257 101 640x480 256 300K

258 102 800x600 16 234K 259 103 800x600 256 469K

260 104 1024x768 16 384K 261 105 1024x768 256 768K

262 106 1280x1024 16 640K 263 107 1280x1024 256 1280K

264 108 80x60 text 9.3K 265 109 132x25 text 6.4K 266 10A 132x43 text 11.1K 267 10B 132x50 text 12.9K 268 10C 132x60 text 15.5K

269 10D 320x200 32K 125K 270 10E 320x200 64K 125K 271 10F 320x200 16M 188K

272 110 640x480 32K 600K 273 111 640x480 64K 600K 274 112 640x480 16M 900K

275 113 800x600 32K 938K 276 114 800x600 64K 938K 277 115 800x600 16M 1406K

278 116 1024x768 32K 1536K 279 117 1024x768 64K 1536K 280 118 1024x768 16M 2304K

281 119 1280x1024 32K 2560K 282 11A 1280x1024 64K 2560K 283 11B 1280x1024 16M 3840K

81FF Special mode to save
and restore video RAM.

Note: As of VBE 2.0, VESA no longer defines new modes by number. It provides a mechanism for defining the mode by resolution.

Number Pixel bits colors R G B 32K 5 5 5 64K 5 6 5 16M 8 8 8

Earlier IBM modes.

Mode No. CGA 0 320x200 40x25 txt 16 gray 1 320x200 40x25 txt 16 colors 2 640x200 80x25 txt 16 gray 3 640x200 80x24 txt 16 colors 4 320x200 graphics 4 colors 5 320x200 graphics 4 gray 6 640x200 graphics monochrome

EGA 0 320x350 40x25 txt 16 gray 1 320x350 40x25 txt 16 colors 2 640x350 80x25 txt 16 gray 3 640x350 80x25 txt 16 colors 7 720x350 80x25 txt monochrome 13 320x200 graphics 16 colors 14 640x200 graphics 16 colors 15 640x350 graphics monochrome 16 640x350 graphics 16 colors

MCGA 0 320x400 40x25 txt 16 gray 1 320x400 40x25 txt 16 colors 2 640x400 80x25 txt 16 gray 3 640x400 80x25 txt 16 colors 17 640x480 graphics monochrome 19 320x200 graphics 256 colors

VGA 0 360x400 40x25 txt 16 gray 1 360x400 40x25 txt 16 colors 2 720x400 80x25 txt 16 gray 3 720x400 80x25 txt 16 colors 7 720x400 80x25 txt monochrome 18 640x480 graphics 16 colors

XGA 640x480 graphics 256 colors 640x480 graphics 64K colors 1024x768 graphics 256 colors