Extended Video Graphics Array (or EVGA) is a standard created by
VESA
VESA (), formally known as Video Electronics Standards Association, is an American standards organization, technical standards organization for computer display standards. The organization was incorporated in California in July 1989To retrieve ...
in 1991 (
VBE
VESA BIOS Extensions (VBE) is a VESA standard, currently at version 3, that defines the interface that can be used by software to access compliant video boards at high resolutions and bit depths. This is opposed to the "traditional" INT 10h BIO ...
1.2) denoting a
non-interlaced resolution of 1024x768 at a maximum of 70 Hz
refresh rate
The refresh rate, also known as vertical refresh rate, vertical scan rate or vertical frequency in reference to terminology originating with the cathode-ray tubes (CRTs), is the number of times per second that a raster-based display device displa ...
.
EVGA is similar to (but is not the same as) the IBM
XGA
The eXtended Graphics Array (usually called XGA) is a graphics card manufactured by IBM and introduced for the IBM PS/2 line of personal computers in 1990 as a successor to the IBM 8514, 8514/A. It supports, among other modes, a display resol ...
standard. The 1990s were a period of evolving standards and EVGA did not achieve wide adoption.
See also
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Display resolution standards
A display resolution standard is a commonly used width and height dimension (display resolution) of an electronic visual display device, measured in pixels. This information is used for electronic devices such as a computer monitor. Certain com ...
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Super VGA
Super VGA (SVGA) or Extended VGA is a broad term that covers a wide range of computer display standards that extended IBM's VGA specification.
When used as shorthand for a resolution, as VGA and XGA often are, SVGA refers to a resolution of 800& ...
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IBM 8514
IBM 8514 is a graphics card manufactured by IBM and introduced with the IBM PS/2 line of personal computers in 1987. It supports a display resolution of pixels with 256 colors at 43.5 Hz ( interlaced), or at 60 Hz ( non-interlaced ...
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Extended Graphics Array
The eXtended Graphics Array (usually called XGA) is a graphics card manufactured by IBM and introduced for the IBM PS/2 line of personal computers in 1990 as a successor to the 8514/A. It supports, among other modes, a display resolution of ...
* Expanded Graphics Adapter (
IBM 3270 PC
The IBM 3270 PC (IBM System Unit 5271), is a personal computer developed by IBM and released in October 1983. Although its hardware is mostly identical to the IBM PC XT, the 3270 contains additional components that, in combination with software, ...
peripheral, also referred as XGA)
References
External links
VESA standards:
Video Electronics Standards Association home page
Computer display standards
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