Manual

User’s Manual B-1
Appendix B
Display Controller and Modes
Display controller
The display controller interprets software commands into hardware
commands that turn particular picture elements (pels) on or off.
The controller is an advanced Video Graphics Array (VGA) that provides
Graphics Array (XGA) support for the internal LCD and external monitors.
The following is available:
■ 14.1" and 15.4", 1280 horizontal × 800 vertical pixels
A high-resolution external monitor connected to the computer can display
up to 2048 horizontal and 1536 vertical pixels at 16 M colors. (Depends on
the model you purchased.)
The display controller also controls the video mode, which uses industry
standard rules to govern the screen resolution and the maximum number of
colors that can be displayed on screen.
Software written for a given video mode will run on any computer that
supports the mode.
The computer's display controller supports all VGA modes, the most widely
used industry standards.
This series are equipped with ATI Radeon
®
Xpress 200M display adaptors.
The video modes supported by the display chipset are shown in following
tables.