VESA BIOS Extensions - Other Commonly Available Graphics Modes

Other Commonly Available Graphics Modes

The table below combines the modes defined by VESA (the values denoted in black) along with modes commonly used, but which may not work on all graphics cards as they are not defined by any standard (denoted in red).

Graphics modes 320×200 640×400 640×480 800×500 800×600 896×672 1,024×640 1,024×768 1,152×720 1,280×1,024 1,440×900 1,600×1,200
16-color palette 258 (0102h),
106 (6Ah)
260 (0104h) 262 (0106h)
256-color palette 256 (0100h) 257 (0101h) 367 (016Fh) 259 (0103h) 303 (012Fh) 362 (016Ah) 261 (0105h) 357 (0165h) 263 (0107h) 352 (0160h) 284 (011Ch)
15-bit (5:5:5) 269 (010Dh) 289 (0121h) 272 (0110h) 368 (0170h) 275 (0113h) 304 (0130h) 363 (016Bh) 278 (0116h) 358 (0166h) 281 (0119h) 353 (0161h) 285 (011Dh)
16-bit (5:6:5) 270 (010Eh) 290 (0122h) 273 (0111h) 369 (0171h) 276 (0114h) 305 (0131h) 364 (016Ch) 279 (0117h) 359 (0167h) 282 (011Ah) 354 (0162h) 286 (011Eh)
24-bit (8:8:8) 271 (010Fh) 291 (0123h) 274 (0112h) 370 (0172h) 277 (0115h) 306 (0132h) 365 (016Dh) 280 (0118h) 360 (0168h) 283 (011Bh) 355 (0163h) 287 (011Fh)
32-bit (8:8:8) 292 (0124h) 297 (0129h) 371 (0173h) 302 (012Eh) 307 (0133h) 366 (016Eh) 312 (0138h) 361 (0169h) 317 (013Dh) 356 (0164h) 322 (0142h)

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