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First graphics card to support high color?

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First post, by smeezekitty

Posted on 2014-07-31, 23:55

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I was just wondering does anyone know the first graphics card that supports high color (either 15/16/24/32 bit)
that is designed for AT compatible machines. Obviously all the earlier cards were palatalized so who was first to use direct color?

Reply 1 of 2, by ElectricMonk

Posted on 2014-08-01, 00:37

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If wikipedia is to be believed, it was the Truevision TGA.

Here's a list of various RGB palette depths, and what used them.

Reply 2 of 2, by smeezekitty

Posted on 2014-08-01, 01:20

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Looks like the IBM XGA supported 16 bit color at 640x480 if the VRAM was upgraded as well as 1024x768
Very impressive for 1990

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