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  • 1.  Max VM resolution (1280x800)

    Posted Apr 15, 2014 01:44 PM

    Hi,

    I am using ESXi 5.5. The VM have VMware Tools installed with SVGA driver. I can't change the resolution higher than 1280X800. You know why? You know how to crank to 1920x1980 ?

    Thank you,



  • 2.  RE: Max VM resolution (1280x800)

    Posted Apr 15, 2014 02:10 PM

    I think you should increase video-memory. IIRC you can change it somewhere in VM-settings...



  • 3.  RE: Max VM resolution (1280x800)

    Posted Apr 15, 2014 02:51 PM

    Hi,

    please apply this KB to solve your problem.



  • 4.  RE: Max VM resolution (1280x800)

    Posted Jan 11, 2018 08:58 AM

    It is the way it has been written: Put Video memory on 10MB and it will works! It is also a memory calculator there, so you can do math. I check in ver ESXi 6.0.



  • 5.  RE: Max VM resolution (1280x800)

    Posted Jun 13, 2018 10:01 AM

    Is there any way to increase it from the guest machine?  I do not have access to the VM-Settings.

    Maybe forcing windows to run on 16 bit color or 256 colors. I remember my matrox mystique card with 4mb vram could do much higher resolutions than this, but would decrease the colour to 24 bit.

    Edit: The adapter has 256Mb of video memory assigned. I've tried "VMwareResolutionSet.exe 0 1 , 0 0 1920 1080" and it does not have any effect. Still does not allow more than 1280x800 on WinServer2012.