How to List All Available Video Card Modes

Quickly list all display modes, including resolution, color depth, and refresh rate, supported by your video card.


If you are troubleshoot Windows XP display issue, you may want to quickly display which display modes (screen resolution, color depth, and refresh rate) are supported by your video card. With this list you can determine if expected modes are not supported by Windows, possibly resulting in searching for an updated driver.

Follow the steps
1. Right-click an empty area of your Desktop and choose "Properties".

2. When the "Display Properties" multi-tabbed dialog box appears, click the "Settings" tab.

3. Click the "Advanced" button.

4. When the video card dialog box appears, click the "Adapter" tab.

5. Click the "List All Modes" button. A "List All Modes" dialog box will appear.