TextMode with 132x60
This page intends to document which graphics cards support VESA BIOS Extensions with text mode 0x010C (132x60).
Background
Many VGA graphics cards support text modes, with 80x25 being the most commonly used one. However since monitors usually support more than only 640x480 pixel higher resolution text modes with smaller fonts are possible. A number of graphics cards therefore support VESA BIOS Extensions that include higher resolution text modes.
Most of them provide 132x43 or 132x44 characters on the screen which relates to 1024x786 pixel. Unfortunately only some of them support 132x60 characters that relate to 1280x1024 pixel.
The program ddcprobe will tell you which text modes the graphic card supports without a reboot.
PCI Cards
Cards that support 132x60
- Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G400/G450 (rev 85)
- S3 Trio64
- Tseng ET6000
Cards that don't support 132x60
- ATI Technologies Inc 264VT [Mach64 VT] (rev 40)
PCI Express Cards
Cards that don't support 132x60
- ATI Technologies Inc RV505 [Radeon X1550 Series]
- ATI Technologies Inc RV370 [Radeon X300SE]
nVidia Corporation GeForce 8600 GT (rev a1)
AGP Cards
Cards that support 132x60
- nVidia Corporation NV5M64 [RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro]
- nVidia Corporation Riva TNT Chip Rev B1
- nVidia / SGS Thomson (Joint Venture) Riva128 (rev 10)
nVidia Corporation NV10 [GeForce 256 SDR] (rev 10)
- Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G200 AGP
- Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G550 AGP (rev 01)
Trident CyberBlade Ai1
Cards that don't support 132x60
- ATI Technologies Inc Rage 128 Pro Ultra TF
- ATI Technologies Inc RV350 AS [Radeon 9550]
OnBoard Chips
Chips that support 132x60
- Intel Corporation 82810 CGC [Chipset Graphics Controller] (rev 03)
- Intel Corporation 82815 Chipset Graphics Controller (CGC) (rev 02)
- Intel Corporation 82845 CGC [Chipset Graphics Controller]
- Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device
- Intel Corporation 845G/845GL/845GE/845GV Graphics Controller
- Intel Corporation Almador Graphics Controller (i830)
- Intel Corporation Extreme Graphics Controller
- nVidia Corporation NV11 Board Chip Rev 161
- nVidia Corporation NV17 Board Chip Rev A2
- nVidia Corporation NV18 Board Chip Rev A2
nVidia Corporation NV20 [GeForce3] (rev a3)
- Trident Microsystems !CyberBlade/XP (CYBER 8820)
- Trident Microsystems !CyberBlade/XP (rev 63) (CYBER 9910)
Chips that don't support 132x60
- ATI RS690