When the original IBM PC was released ... blue plug are entry-level cards using years-old technology. VGA died quietly, with its cables stuffed in a box in a closet, and the ports on the back ...
The best most project have attained is the original VGA standard, 640×480. Now that we have fast ARMs sitting around, we can bump that up to 800×600, like [Karl] did with an STM32F4 Discovery board.