1920x1080 resolution over VGA

It's been a long time since I've last played with VGA but I know that the standard doesn't just do every resolution out there - I was wondering if the graphics card can support it (computer is an iMac, not an issue) - if a VGA connection can actually handle a resolution of 1920x1080 or if DVI is simply just required.

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It can handle 1920X1080. I am using it as I type this

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I am going to assume that with 'VGA' you mean the cable with 15 pins connectors. In which case the answer is yes.

There are three cave eats though:

1. Used a good cable. Lower quality cables and high resolution will result in ghosting and other problems
2. Does the monitor support it? It needs to support both the resolution and it needs to support it via the DB15 input. Some devices might not expect such a high resolution via that old port, and if manufacturers can make thing cheaper by catering to the most used stuff then they will do so,
3. The graphics card needs to support this. But you already wrote that this was not a problem. (Mentioned for the sake of completeness)

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