Mac Pro: Display set to 640x480 resolution with Windows

Products Affected

Boot Camp, Mac Pro, Windows

Symptoms

In certain situations when you use Windows software under Boot Camp on a Mac Pro, the display may remain at 640x480 resolution (4-bit mode).  Selecting other resolutions may have no effect.

Resolution

To use resolutions other than 640x480, you need at least two gigabytes (GB) of RAM installed in your Mac Pro.

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