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Jerome, According to Apples's Technical Information booklet for the 8100/80 and 8100/80AV, DRAM video will support: Monitor Resolution Colors or Grays ———— ———- ————— 12" Color 512×384 thousands 13" Color 640×480 thousands 15" Portrait 640×870 256 16" Color 832×624 256 VGA 640×480 256 The 8100/80's HPV card will support: Monitor Resolution 2MB VRAM Colors 4MB VRAM Colors ———— ———- ————— ————— 12" Color 512×384 millions millions 14" Color or VGA 640×480 millions millions 15" BW Portrait 640×870 256 256 16" Color 832×624 millions millions 19" Color 1024×768 thousands millions 21" Color 1152×870 thousands millions SuperVGA 800×600 millions millions VESA-60Hz 1024×768 thousands millions VESA-70Hz 1024×768 thousands millions The 8100/80AV's 2MB (nonexpandable) AV card will support: Graphics Mixed Mode Monitor Resolution Only Graphics Video ———— ———- ———– ———– ———– 12" Color 512×384 millions millions thousands 12" BW 640×480 256 256 256 14" Color or VGA 640×480 millions thousands thousands 15" BW Portrait 640×870 256 256 256 16" Color 832×624 millions thousands thousands 19" Color 1024×768 thousands 256 256 21" Color 1152×870 thousands 256 256 SuperVGA 800×600 millions thousands thousands NTSC 512×384 millions thousands thousands NTSC 640×480 millions thousands thousands NTSC flicker-free 640×480 thousands N/A N/A PAL 768×576 millions thousands thousands PAL flicker-free 768×576 thousands N/A N/A It's also safe to say that 13" and 14" monitors are equivalent, 16" and 17" monitors are equivalent, and 20" and 21" monitors are equivalent (it's better to go by the resolution than the monitor size). Aaron There is 1 Reply. Read action !