What is difference between XGA and SVGA

[CandyKid]

I'm looking to buy a scan convertor and the ones i've been looking at will support resolutions like VGA 800x600 SVGA 1024x760 and XGA 1280x1028. Is XGA a mac thing.. Most monitors nowadays are SVGA...

If i'm off and it helps i'll be using a voodoo5.

I will be using a SVGA display correct?

 

[Kingofcomputer]

XGA, UXGA, etc...
just a name for 1280x1024, 1600x1200, etc...

 

[CandyKid]

huh?

xga is some type of laptop output i believe. and i think the output is a higher quality then svga so it's capable of a higher resolution on a scan convertor

 

[IaPuP]

AFAIK- Technically....

VGA = 640x480
SVGA = 800x600
XGA = 1024x768
SXGA = 1280x1024
UXGA = 1600x1200

but most people have abandoned that naming scheme... except some laptop screen makers I guess.